FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME

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Curated by:

UAEU ART CENTER



United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) - the first and foremost comprehensive national university in the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1976 by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, UAEU aspires to become a comprehensive, research-intensive university and currently enrolls approximately 13,000 Emirati and international students. As the UAE’s flagship university, UAEU offers a full range of accredited, high-quality graduate and undergraduate programs through nine Colleges: Business and Economics; Education; Engineering; Food and Agriculture; Humanities and Social Sciences; IT; Law; Medicine and Health Sciences; and Science. With a distinguished international faculty, state-of-the-art new campus, and the full range of student support services, UAEU offers a living-learning environment that is unmatched in the UAE.



College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is the largest of the nine colleges that make up the UAE University. The College is distinguished by a rich academic tradition, commitment to heritage and innovation, and a dedication to serving our community and the nation.



Department of Media and Creative Industries

Faculty of Visual Studies art exhibition is represented by educators, artists

Toomas Altnurme ESTONIA, Stacey Kalkowski USA, Sarah Willard ITALY, Aysha Ayaz UK



The Fabric of Time and Space

There is always an empty space, unknown, behind the eyes of the observer: it is an unnoticed part of the universe. Art is an absolute metaphysical experience of being an inner universe. It communicates to us through colors, shapes, vibrations, and creates a connection between cultures and various realms of understanding. Our inner world, developed in different areas, can get to create a language capable of changing and improving our reality.When the self is separated from the mind, connected to intuition, and feeling, it realizes itself. The artist becomes a scientist, inventor, continues to ask questions and tries to see the world from a different point of view. Like millions of different molecules, the thousand ideas of the artist intertwine with each other, creating a new and fantastic world. As for creation, there are no logical rules, but laws dictated by intuitions and our senses. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Toomas Altnurme ESTONIA

Has a Masters of Fine Art from Hongik University South Korea since 2001 and worked in every area of painting, installations, sculpture, mixed media, design, photography, and digital art. Did participate in 50 sculpture symposiums around the world and has monumental sculptures in public spaces and parks in USA Sumter South Carolina, Brazil Brusque, Chile Carretas Park, Russia Penza, Taiwan Shimen, Denmark Hojer, England Exmoor park, France Hautecour, Italy Temu, Germany Bavaria, Finland, Latvia Biksere, Lithuania Panevezys, Estonia, Tallinn. Participated in more than 300 group exhibitions and has his artworks in more than 60 countries. Last 7 years he has been teaching Fine Art and Design at the United Arab Emirates University.



Aysha Ayaz UK

Is a Fine Artist from England, UK. She specializes in a wide range of Art Practice including: Painting (in oils and Acrylics), Sculpture (using steel, copper, glass, stone, concrete and found objects) Assemblage and Installation Art forms. Having gained her BA (Hons) from the University of Lancaster, England UK; she immediately pursued a PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education). Becoming a fully qualified Teacher of Secondary and Tertiary education. She continued her studies in Fine Art, going on to achieve an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) from the esteemed University of Leeds, England UK. Throughout her initial work as a Studio-based Fine Arts Tutor and progression to become a Fine Arts Lecturer in England UK, she continually maintained her Art Practice.



Sarah Laura Nesti Willard ITALY

She specialized in Illustration and Animation from the University of Kingston in England and later obtained a Master in Design and Visual Communication from the Royal College of Arts in London. Sarah Laura Nesti Willard worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic artist in England and as a muralist in Spain, before becoming an art educator. Sarah currently works as an instructor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of the United Arab Emirates, where she teaches painting, drawing, art criticism, and animation. She collaborates with different artistic entities in Italy and the Emirates and illustrates books and magazine covers.



Stacey Kalkowski USA

She is a multi-media artist and educator from Los Angeles, California. She earned her MFA from California State University, Los Angeles, and Rochester Institute of Technology. Stacey currently lives in the United Arab Emirates and works as a Professor of Art at the UAE University in Abu Dhabi. Her current work explores connection within the context of space and place through multi-media installation, video, photography, and painting.

Curator Toomas Altnurme
Whatsapp +971 505873211    toomas.a@uaeu.ac.ae

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