Hayfa Elgwaiz
Hayfa Algwaiz (b. 1991) is a painter and architect based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her work has been presented internationally, including a group exhibition at Ithra Museum (Dhahran, KSA); Taymour Grahne Projects (Dubai, UAE); Art Basel Paris 2025 with Athr Gallery; Dot Ateliers (Accra, Ghana); Hatch Gallery (Paris, FR); Thaer Select (Paris, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai); N.E.S.T Art Space (AlUla, KSA); Bait Shouaib (Jeddah, KSA); Al Riwaq Art Space (Manama, Bahrain); and Misk Art Institute (Riyadh, KSA), as well as exhibitions supported by the Saudi Ministry of Culture. She also participated in the Saudi Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
Algwaiz has been selected for artist residencies at POUSH (Paris, FR), Bait Shouaib with Athr Foundation (Jeddah, KSA), Dot Ateliers (Accra, Ghana), Fikar Institute (Failaka Island, Kuwait), and Armature (Cambridge, UK). Her work has been supported through awards and programs including the Misk Art Grant (2023) and the 8th edition of Young Saudi Artists (Athr Foundation).
In 2025, she published an essay titled "Arriving at a Place You Never Left" in Connections as Method: Relational Pedagogies and Participatory Spatial Practice, the second official catalogue of the National Pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale Architettura, published by Kaph.
Hayfa Algwaiz (b. 1991) is a painter and architect based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her work has been presented internationally, including a group exhibition at Ithra Museum (Dhahran, KSA); Taymour Grahne Projects (Dubai, UAE); Art Basel Paris 2025 with Athr Gallery; Dot Ateliers (Accra, Ghana); Hatch Gallery (Paris, FR); Thaer Select (Paris, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai); N.E.S.T Art Space (AlUla, KSA); Bait Shouaib (Jeddah, KSA); Al Riwaq Art Space (Manama, Bahrain); and Misk Art Institute (Riyadh, KSA), as well as exhibitions supported by the Saudi Ministry of Culture. She also participated in the Saudi Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
Algwaiz has been selected for artist residencies at POUSH (Paris, FR), Bait Shouaib with Athr Foundation (Jeddah, KSA), Dot Ateliers (Accra, Ghana), Fikar Institute (Failaka Island, Kuwait), and Armature (Cambridge, UK). Her work has been supported through awards and programs including the Misk Art Grant (2023) and the 8th edition of Young Saudi Artists (Athr Foundation).
In 2025, she published an essay titled "Arriving at a Place You Never Left" in Connections as Method: Relational Pedagogies and Participatory Spatial Practice, the second official catalogue of the National Pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale Architettura, published by Kaph.
