About the Artist
Confident steps of youth, armed with knowledge and will, filled with determination and life, in a
road filled with difficulties, confusion and fear.
Steps forward or jumps to the high to surpass all obstacles standing in the road to the future …
Holding the torch of knowledge and dreams and climbing the rough mountains, armed with
hope, to reach the peak, and infix the torch to lighten the paths of others …
So will oil wealth determine the future and fate of youth? Or will their determination and
ambition do that? Or both?
Biography
Noor Abdulla Al-Bastaki is a rising young artist who lives and works in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Her works of art have been featured in the Arab European Photo Festival in Hamburg, Germany, the Al Riwaq Art Gallery in Manama, the University of Bahrain, and the Sharjah Biennale, which is the largest art event in the Arab world. Her photographs and installations examine the uncertain future of Middle Eastern youth in the modern age, and looks deeply into the connection between those uncertain futures and the ecological reality of the region at large. While photography is her passion, Al-Bastaki is also currently studying finance and banking at the University of Bahrain.
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