AlUla has long harboured artists, with their experience and reflections infused in the landscape and chronicled across history. Today, a rolling programme of artist residencies welcomes practitioners across disciplines and cultures to be immersed in AlUla’s landscape, narratives and spirit to inspire distinctive and compelling works.

Artist Residency Programme 2023 - 2024

In its third year, the AlUla Artist Residency Programme brought together diverse artists inspired by AlUla’s landscape, history, and culture. The program fostered community engagement and culminated in an exhibition celebrating AlUla’s identity as a hub for art and innovation.

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Artist Residency Programme 2022 - 2023

Continuing the tradition of hosting artists in AlUla’s unique and captivating landscape is the new edition of the AlUla Artist Residency.

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Traditional Saudi or Arab Majlis floor seating outdoors
Palm tree painted on standalone wall. The Date-Fruit of Knowledge (2022) mixed-media art installation by artist Mohammad AlFaraj
Translucent structure - 'The Bitter Taste of Sweetness' by artist Augustine Paredes

Artist Residency Programme 2021 - 2022

The rebirth of AlUla’s historic oasis is the arena of investigation and inspiration for AlUla’s first Artist in Residency programme.

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Smoking black structure in palm tree oasis - artist Muhannad Shono's 'On This Sacred Day' (2022) for the 'Oasis Reborn' exhibition in AlUla03
Artist Rashed AlShaishai's 'Thuruya' chandelier
Brick walls standing parallel in palm tree oasis - artist Talin Hazbar's' Earth Readings'
Participants of AlUla's Artist Residency Programme sit on a couch against a desert landscape

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