Sophia Al Maria

Sophia Al Maria

BornNationalityBased In
1983Qatari/AmericanLondon
Biography

Sophia Al-Maria is a Qatari-American artist, writer, and filmmaker living and working in London. Though her work spans many disciplines including drawing, film and screen-writing for TV, it is united by a preoccupation with the power of storytelling and myth, and in particular with imagining revisionist histories and alternative futures. With her friend and collaborator Fatima Al Qadiri, Al-Maria coined the term “Gulf Futurism” to describe the growing atomisation of individuals and the shifting ground of urban planning, aesthetics, and media, and their impact on everyday life in the post-oil Persian Gulf. Her cinematic artist’s videos are fuelled by the combination of critical rigour with an affective charge in their explorations of language, imperialism, and counter-histories – a deep investigation and dramatisation of the sociopolitical, economic, and environmental present. ...

Selected Artworks
Major Motions
Sophia Al MariaMajor Motions, 2018Price on Request
& Oranges
Sophia Al Maria& Oranges, 202147.5 x 32.5 x 3.5cmPrice on Request
Safi's Kid
Sophia Al MariaSafi's Kid, 202147.5 x 68.2 x 3.5cmPrice on Request
Untitled (BCE)
Sophia Al MariaUntitled (BCE), 201840 x 30cmPrice on Request
taraxos
Sophia Al Mariataraxos, 2021650 x 200 x 200cmPrice on Request
Beast Mode 1
Sophia Al MariaBeast Mode 1, 202047 x 36.5 x 3.7cmPrice on Request
The Camera, A Mirror, A Sniper, A Femme (Beast Type Song Scripts)
Sophia Al MariaThe Camera, A Mirror, A Sniper, A Femme (Beast Type Song Scripts), 202043 x 32.5 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled
Sophia Al MariaUntitled, 2019Price on Request
BEAST TYPE SONG
Sophia Al MariaBEAST TYPE SONG, 2019Price on Request
Rape Gaze
Sophia Al MariaRape Gaze, 2014198 x 320 x 4cmPrice on Request
Mirror Cookie
Sophia Al MariaMirror Cookie, 2018Price on Request
White Man's Bible (Revenge Porn)
Sophia Al MariaWhite Man's Bible (Revenge Porn), 201838.1 x 21.9 x 29.8cmPrice on Request
Cent
Sophia Al MariaCent, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request
Sunset Complexion
Sophia Al MariaSunset Complexion, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request
Optics
Sophia Al MariaOptics, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request
Contouring
Sophia Al MariaContouring, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request
Beauty Industrial Complex
Sophia Al MariaBeauty Industrial Complex, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request
Battle
Sophia Al MariaBattle, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request
Peptides
Sophia Al MariaPeptides, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request
& Goats
Sophia Al Maria& Goats, 202147.5 x 32.5 x 3.5cmPrice on Request