(B.1985 United Arab Emirates)

Latifa Saeed is an Emirati artist and designer. Latifa explores the intrinsic qualities of regional materials and extrapolates complex cultural narratives.

Her work foregrounds extensive research on the relationship between land, identity, society, and materiality. Between the past and the present, embodying transience, fragility, and the passage of time, Latifa breaks down and exposes the barriers between culture and everyday life through objects, sculpture, and immersive installations that engage multifaceted dichotomies: lightness contrasted with heft; heritage countered by development; and chaos balanced by quiet order.

Latifa’s work has been showcased regionally and internationally in several galleries and institutions including The Third Line, Tashkeel, Design Days Dubai, 1971 Design Space Sharjah, Dubai Design District (d3), Jameel Arts Center, Art Dubai, Dray Walk Gallery, Milan Design Week and London Design Week.