Fakhriya Al-Yahyai

 

Fakhriya Al-Yahyai is an associate professor of drawing and painting and a Head of Art Education Department at Sultan Qaboos University (Oman). Member of the International Museum of Women, San Francisco(USA), Liverpool Museum(UK), The European Society for Aesthetics.( Switzerland), National Association for fine Art Education (UK), The Museum of Modern Art (USA), member of the Omani Society for Fine Arts and the Youth Art Studio ( Oman). Made several sold and joint art exhibitions nationally and internationally. Al-Yahyai awarded several art prizes in different art shows at the national and international levels, such as the Honorable Mention prizes in the 16th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2014, Won in the international competition in Munich Art Festival, 2014, Chosen numbers of her artworks as part of the 3rd International week, USA, 2014, Won the Grand prize competition “small pieces” among the Omani artist, 2013, Received a prize for excellence in academic accomplishment in teaching, 2013, and Won in the international competition among world women artists at the International Museum of Women, San Francisco, USA for the "Muslim Women's Art & voices Exhibition", 2 February 2013.   as well as having been chosen to Judge and lead the highest standard national competitions in the country such as His Majesty Sultan Qaboos prize for Culture, arts and literature in the discipline of fine arts, 2012, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos prize for the Quality of Omani Handcrafts, 2010, and His Majesty Sultan Qaboos prize for the creative cultural. I was also privileged to participate in judging such prizes and others 19th art exhibitions and competitions in the country. Her research Interests are in teaching drawing & painting, post modernism, art & heritage, arts & Islamic Arabic identity, creative practices in arts, and visual culture in arts.

 

 

 

Shadow & light

For a shadow, there is light and vice versa both aren’t certainly copies of an eye’s direct experience,

Nor its symbols.

Rather, they both are pure imagination forms out of an artist’s values.

No inspiration without imagination, no values without inspiration.

I recognized light at the beginning.

I recognized that the start should begun with it

My areas are black spots, others are white

My “lines” inhale; live on my surfaces

Are they rivers preventing me form proceeding in my journey?

Or waved ways impeding my quiet but fast walk?

Or dunes submerge me whenever I intend to go?

Whatever those “lines” are

I will always meet people hold similar ideas like mine

They too wish to go with me

To gain more search for light

For every light remains a shadow harmonically combines it

Despite their color or direction separation

They will stay unified

Because each needs the others … a shadow for light and vice versa

This is story of life.