RANIA ABULHASAN

Rania Abulhasan is a Kuwaiti mix media painter and illustrator. Her work is strongly influenced by her experience in fashion and product design: she emphasizes life and movement, using shapes and colours to express her ideas and communicate her message. Her delicate work bring a sense of peaceful calm and serenity to the viewer.

Professionally working in Art and Design since 1998, Rania finds that her passion for her work, and for sharing her love of beauty, continues to grow. Rania holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from The New School at Parsons School of Art and Design, both in Paris & New York. She majored in Fashion Design while minored in Product Design at Parsons. Her passion for art and design continued which led her to attend a fine arts program and gained a degree at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Throughout her studies, Rania worked with many influential artists and designers in New York, Paris and Milan.

AWARDS . EXHIBITIONS . COLLABORATIONS

1995 Recognition for series of self portraits from Parsons Paris

1996 Received an award from L”Ecole des Beaux Arts for a series of textile inspired mix media works, Paris

1996-1999 Participated in group shows (NYC & Paris)

1997 Awarded Silver Thimble from Zang Toi, NYC

1998 Awarded recognition and selected to work with Donna Karen on senior year project, NYC

1998 Portfolio selected to show at The MET, NYC

1999 Gained recognition in group show at the LVMH head quarters, Paris

1999 - 2004 participated in group and solo shows in NYC, Paris, Marseille, Nice, Cannes, Deauville, Geneva, Antwerp, Brussels, Bologna, Milano, Madrid

2002 featured on W magazine

2005 - 2007 Had ongoing exhibitions at Bait Lothan, Kuwait

2008 Became member at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada

2008 - 2016 Continued to showcase and exhibit art while attending workshops with established Canadian artists    

2009 Showcased slide show of works and guest speaker at Pecha Kucha Vol. 6, Kuwait City

2010 JAMM Contemporary Art Auction

2010 Featured in Marie Claire Magazine

2015 Showcased a series of work at The Nuqat Conference week in Kuwait City

2014 Collaboration with Mexican based candy company Bujas/Liverpool to create artwork for the packaging for their duty free airport line

2016 - current Represented by various European based curators showcasing and exhibiting which resulted in gaining recognitions and awards

2018 Mirror 2nd Edition Exhibition at The HUB - Showcased The Gathering Series, Kuwait City

2019 Mirror 3rd Edition Exhibition “Filtered” at The HUB - Showcased Ocre Havane Series, Kuwait City

2020 - 2023 during Covid continued to work and shifted to online exhibitions

2021 Created work for Taiba Hospital

2021 Collaboration with Paper & Nest, Oleana Boutique, Barre, Hassan Abul, Quehaus & The Yard

2021 Featured in the magazine and Awarded  The Contemporary Art Curator Award

2021 Butterfly Effect Exhibition by The Contemporary Art Curators

2021 Featured on the cover of Bazaar Magazine

2021 Featured in Kuwait Time

2021 - current Showcased work at The VIV Terminal at The Kuwait International Airport

2021 The Brighter Tomorrow Exhibition at The HUB Kuwait City

2022 Gained award on the Butterfly Effect online Exhibition

2022 Ataya Exhibition in Dubai

2022 Awarded The International Art Award for Voice of Tomorrow Exhibition

2022 Plant Smiles to Yield Love Exhibition at The Contemporary Art Platform in Kuwait

2022 Received a finalist award from Circle Foundation for the Arts, for the Exhibition New York Contest

2022 Featured in Circle of Art Magazine for the finalist award

2022 Faces of Peace International Art Prize

2022 Artistic Excellence Award for Circle Quarterly Review Magazine Contest

2023 Artistic Excellence Award for Artis of the Year Contest

2023 Haus Exhibition at Dar Hamad

2023 Artistic Excellence for Spotlight Magazine Cover Contest

2023 The BMG Foundation Art of Vision Exhibition and awarded The Diplomacy of Award for THAWB, Zay & Tranquillity Collection, Riyadh KSA

2023 Dar Nur and H & M Home Collaboration

2023 Published on Faces of Peace book

THE WORK

“Balanced Vibrations” 2024

My artworks are meditative reflections on the simplicity and beauty of life. They aim to create a grounding experience, emanating calm, peace, and serenity. These pieces invite viewers to momentarily step away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, offering a quiet space for reflection and resonance—a chance for the eyes to rest and the soul to linger.

This collection, titled "Balanced Vibrations" are a series of paintings that I worked on for dar.nur|ART. It captures the delicate relationship between form and energy, depicting moments of perfect harmony where contrasting forces find equilibrium. Each piece radiates a sense of calm and stability, inviting the observer to experience the subtle rhythm of sustainable balance in a world of constant motion.

THE WORK

“Unruffled” 2023

Inspired by the coasts of The Mediterranean from the beaches of Protaras in Cyprus.

These paintings are an exploration in colour, composition and texture.

They balance freedom and risk with compositional intent and have been happy new spaces for ideas to flow and find their way from thought into physical space.

I hope you feel a similar sense of stillness and calm leading you to a meditative state of wonder and possibility while being with them.

These paintings where created specially for Dar Nur Art. A series of 8 paintings and 5 minis.