(b.1991, Jeddah, KSA) raised between England and Saudi Arabia, Ahaad lives and works between Jeddah and the UK. Travelling between the two kingdoms, Ahaad's work addresses history and representation. She graduated from Dar Al Hekma University in Jeddah with a BA in Visual Communication in 2014 and graduated with an MA in Print from the Royal College of Art in 2017.
In her research about Saudi’s reforming ethnography, Ahaad’s photography, video and print installations aim at altering the historical rendition of Saudi Arabia.
Ahaad’s group shows include: Colour Bar, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah (2019); Screens Series, New Museum, NYC (2019); Public/Private, Historical Jeddah (2019); Out of Place, Athr Gallery, Jeddah (2019); Al Obour, SAC, Jeddah (2019); Young Arab Exhibition, ArtX, NYC (2018; MANWAR, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah (2018); Refusing to be Still, SAC, Jeddah (2018); The Parallel Kingdom, Station Museum, Houston; The Generation exhibition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco; Phantom Punch, Bates College of Art, Lewiston, Maine (2017 & 2016); We Need to Talk, Edge of Arabia, Jeddah (2012) and Young Saudi Artists, Athr Gallery, Jeddah (2012).
She has been featured in a film in the Guardian about the power of artists confronting Islamophobia in Saudi Arabia.
In 2018, Ahaad was the recipient of the Crossway Foundation x Middle East Now Festival Residency in Florence.
In her research about Saudi’s reforming ethnography, Ahaad’s photography, video and print installations aim at altering the historical rendition of Saudi Arabia.
Ahaad’s group shows include: Colour Bar, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah (2019); Screens Series, New Museum, NYC (2019); Public/Private, Historical Jeddah (2019); Out of Place, Athr Gallery, Jeddah (2019); Al Obour, SAC, Jeddah (2019); Young Arab Exhibition, ArtX, NYC (2018; MANWAR, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah (2018); Refusing to be Still, SAC, Jeddah (2018); The Parallel Kingdom, Station Museum, Houston; The Generation exhibition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco; Phantom Punch, Bates College of Art, Lewiston, Maine (2017 & 2016); We Need to Talk, Edge of Arabia, Jeddah (2012) and Young Saudi Artists, Athr Gallery, Jeddah (2012).
She has been featured in a film in the Guardian about the power of artists confronting Islamophobia in Saudi Arabia.
In 2018, Ahaad was the recipient of the Crossway Foundation x Middle East Now Festival Residency in Florence.