Biography
Ziad Al Najjar is an Emirati artist who completed his BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023 on a Creative Honours Scholarship. He has exhibited in solo and dual presentations at NYU Abu Dhabi, Tabari Artspace and Bawa Gallery, and in group exhibitions across the UAE, Europe and the United States. His work is held in international private collections including the Barjeel Art Foundation. He has been commissioned by Dior. His practice and that of his brother Talal Al Najjar — with whom he shares a studio — have been described as sharing passion but diverging in outlook. Where Talal's work tends toward the archival and the distorted, Ziad's moves through painting and the material in a different register.