Merfat Qawas

Saudi SaudiJeddah

Merfat Qawas is a Saudi visual artist from Jeddah with a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Arts, and a member of the Society for Culture and Arts and the Rehlat Fann group. She has taken part in more than 100 group...

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Works available: 5 of 5 in the gallery
Sizes: 50–100 cm wide
Mediums: Acrylic on Canvas

Biography

Merfat Qawas is a Saudi visual artist from Jeddah with a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Arts, and a member of the Society for Culture and Arts and the Rehlat Fann group. She has taken part in more than 100 group exhibitions in Saudi Arabia, and in international exhibitions with Rehlat Fann in Cairo, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Italy from 2016 to 2025, as well as various forums in Europe and across the Arab world.

Artist statement

I began my artistic journey academically, then worked as a teacher and later as an art education supervisor, practising art and taking part in exhibitions alongside my work.

— Merfat Qawas

Practice

Style: A style rooted in the Surrealist and Expressionist schools.
Themes: Women and social relationships

CV

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Arts
Numerous courses in various art fields, materials and techniques

Memberships

Society for Culture and Arts
Rehlat Fann (Art Journey) group
Manarat Al-Arab

Group exhibitions

Various exhibitions with the Society for Culture and Arts, 1999–2015
More than 100 group exhibitions in Saudi Arabia
Rehlat Fann 1 group exhibition, Cairo, 2016
Rehlat Fann 2 group exhibition, Dubai, 2017
Group exhibition, Sharm El-Sheikh, 2017
Contemporary art group exhibition, Morocco, 2018
Sada, Rehlat Fann 3 group exhibition, Bahrain, 2018
Islamiyat, Adham Center for Arts, 2018
Sinai Forum of Civilisations exhibition, Sharm El-Sheikh, 2018
Baqaya, Society for Culture and Arts, 2019
Contemporary Art Forum in Perugia, Italy, with the group’s exhibition Raqasat, 2019
Art of Civilisations exhibition, Istanbul, 2019
Art and Beauty exhibition, Alexandria, 2019
Basamat Fann 4, Riyadh, 2019
Kuwait Art international exhibition, Kuwait, 2020
Several virtual exhibitions, 2021
Art exhibition and forum, France, 2022
Contemporary art exhibition, Morocco, 2023
Ehsas, 2024
Irth, 2024
Expo Art Jubail, 2024
Hamasat, Bahrain, 2025
A Painting in Every Home, 2025
ID Saudi International Exhibition, part of the Basamat Fann series, 2025
Black and White, Lamsat Fann Gallery, Adham Center for Arts, 2026
Saudi National Day celebration exhibition, Lamsat Fann Gallery, Adham Center for Arts, 2026

Photographs

The corridor
A walk through the works of Merfat Qawas
Every work at its real size, hung at eye level.
Merfat Qawas
Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas
100 × 100 cm
Merfat Qawas
Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas
50 × 70 cm
Merfat Qawas
Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas
50 × 50 cm
Merfat Qawas
Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas
70 × 90 cm
Merfat Qawas
Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas
50 × 50 cm