CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

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Artists from 12 nations to attend expo

Published: 14 Mar 2017 - 12:13 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 08:19 am

By Amna Pervaiz Rao / The Peninsula

International Artists of Doha (IAD) announced yesterday that its Fifth Annual Art exhibition 2017 will start held from April 16 to 26 at Qatar Foundation Alaqool Hall

The theme of the 10-day exhibition this year is ‘Time Passing’. Artists from 12 countries will participate in the exhibition, officials said in a press conference.

Leila Bent Noubaker Elhaj, IAD Chairperson told The Peninsula: “The event will feature live piano music by Academy for Dance Music & Arts (AIAD), three girls will be dressed by artist and stylist Hamda Al Thani to welcome guests. Daily public live painting by IAD members will be done by one of the artists during the exhibition. Visits for students from Qatar Foundation has been scheduled. We thank Qatar Foundation for supporting us in providing a platform for showcasing our art. ”

29 artists from 12 countries - Qatar, Austria, Canada UK, Pakistan, France , India, Tunisia ,Venezuela, Mexico, Germany and Thailand - are participating in the exhibition.

Participating artists:

Jameela Al Shraim and Lina Alali are participating from Qatar. Adnan Siraj and Shazia S Bhanji are artists from Pakistan. Shihar Hamza, Sree Kumar, Surabhi Gaikwad Uzgare,Urvashi Gaekwad Chauhan, Archana Bhardwaj, Nirmala Shanmugapandian, Mahesh Kumar, Ranjeesh Ravi, Salim Abdullah are from India, Annette Wendling-Willeke, Hannelore Seckel and Jens Heller are from Germany. Louise Bird from UK, Charlene Kasdorf and Jacinthe Lamontagne-Lecomte from Canada, Haifa Redissi and Leila Ben ChaiebElhaj from Tunisia, Johnatan Machado from Venezuela, Juan Miguel Ramirez from Mexico, Klouchi Kader and Savita JhakerGandash from France, Nibras Al Rukabi is a British Artist, OohSinchai Zonputh from Thailand and Willy Kempel from Austria.