http://maldivesvisualjournal.com by mamduh waheed Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:57:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A photo story and fine art workshop is being organised from 24th December 2008 to 4 January2008 by Maldivian Photographers Association, Heritage, Utiopian Culture and Atholhu - Platfrom for Artists . The instructors at the workshop will be Umair Badeeu, a Maldivian student presently studying photojournalism at Corcoran College of Art and ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/236 Earlier in the year, an asociation of Maldivian artists - Atholhu: Platform for Artists - was registered. The founder members of the group are: Afzal Shafiu Hassan, Fathmath Zuhura, Mariyam Omar and myself. Atholhu hopes to be the Maldivian counterpart to artists' associations and groups in the South Asia Region ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/229 13th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, 2008 Maldivian artists Eagan Mohamed Badeeu and Mariyam Omar's work is currently being displayed at the 13th Asian Art Biennale, held every two years in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The month-long event is held at three venues simultaneously in the city - National Art Gallery of Bangladesh ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/220 Gemma Climpson, Enchanted Reef, Oil on Deep Edge Box Canvas, 30" x 20" x 1.5" English artist Gemma Climpson specializes in painting idyllic landscape and seascape scenes from tropical destinations such as the Maldives, Mauritius and the Caribbean. She has also visited the Maldives and the clear turquoise waters of the ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/215 [caption id="attachment_207" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Martin Frederik, 18 (Image from the exhibition Dough Portraits at the Danish National Gallery, 2008)"][/caption] Denmark art Søren Dahlgaard made a presentation about his work to invited artists and members of the National Art Gallery in July this year. Søren studied at the Slade School of Fine ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/205 [caption id="attachment_200" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Nick Law, Oil on Canvas, 36 by 12 inches (approx.), 2008"][/caption] National Art Gallery (NAG), Maldives hosted its first artist-in-residence (AIR) earlier this year. Although the gallery has been supporting Maldivian artists to attend international AIR programs in the region and beyond, this is the first time ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/195 - Aminath Shareehan Ibrahim , digital photo Photography has been practiced in the Maldives for long. But mostly, the medium was primarily used for documentary purposes. Some of the earliest images of the Maldives (and Maldivians) are photographs taken by visiting officers of the colonial English government based in Sri Lanka. ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/188 Opening night of Visual memory Afzal Shafiu Hassan's first solo exhibition "Visual Memory" opened at the National Art Gallery, Male, on 24th April 2008 and will continue until 4th June 2008. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog with full color images of all the work included in the exhibition and ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/187 'In Silent Spaces', an exhibition by Male'-based artist Hassan Ziyad has opened at the National Art Gallery. The exhibtion will run from 7th February to 13th March 2008. Opening hours are 1000hrs to 1600hrs daily, except for Fridays and public holidays. Entrance is free. Ziyad at the opening on 7th February ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/186 Hassan Shameem, Oil on Canvas, 25 x 40cm approx.(early ‘90s) It is wonderful that I am able to feature this image here. It is a work of Hassan dating back from the ‘90s – possible early ‘90s – which I first saw many years ago. I came across it again in ... http://maldivesvisualjournal.com/185