Mona Abdullah Othman Al-Qasabi, a Saudi plastic artist, was born in Jeddah. She holds a literature qualification in the English department from King Abdulaziz University. She works as director of the Saudi Center for Fine Arts.
Biography and career
The biography of the Saudi artist, Mona Al-Qasabi, is full of many contributions and participations, in which she received many certificates of appreciation and shields of honor in local, Arab and international participations in Morocco, France, Yemen, Egypt and others during her participation in more than a hundred group exhibitions and she has three personal exhibitions.
Share and honor
She has participated in more than a hundred group exhibitions and has three personal exhibitions
A shield from Al-Madina newspaper, a shield from Okaz newspaper, and a shield from Al-Bilad newspaper in Jeddah, on the occasion of honoring it at the festival organizing a hundred exhibitions at the Saudi Center for Fine Arts in 1418 AH
Appreciation Award from Saudi Airlines for winning the Saudi Colored Competition in 1419 AH
She participated in the plastic arts activities at the 14th Janadriyah Festival, and received a certificate of appreciation from His Highness Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, and a gold medal from the Women's Committee on the occasion of the Queen's Centenary 1419 AH.
She won the Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Sons Project Exhibition and received an appreciation award in 1421 AH
She won the Saudi Female Artists Exhibition in Riyadh, organized by the General Presidency for Youth Welfare, 1422 AH
She was honored by His Highness, the General President of Youth Welfare, Prince Sultan bin Fahd, for her pioneering role in the Saudi plastic arts movement, her effective contribution to international and domestic exhibitions, and her distinguished artistic style in plastic creativity, within a special ceremony honoring prominent Saudi artists in 1424 AH
She participated in the eighteenth exhibition of contemporary Saudi art for the year 1425 AH, which was held by the presidency at the King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh, and she received a certificate of appreciation for her participation in the exhibition
She received a certificate of appreciation for her contribution to the success of the activities of the first Islamic Solidarity Games in the Kingdom in 1426 AH
A shield of appreciation from the Polish ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its participation in the Saudi-Polish joint exhibition in 1426 AH
A certificate of thanks and appreciation from the Department of Academic Affairs at the Saudi German Hospital for its participation in distinguished works of art within the fine art competition, Meanings of Motherhood 1427 AH
The Holy Qur’an received an appreciation award from the Charitable Warehouse in Jeddah Governorate, on the occasion of its efforts in the Art and Creativity Exhibition for the year 1427 AH
She obtained a certificate from Al-Izdihar Center for the creative teaching course in 1427 AH.
I received a Certificate of Appreciation from His Highness, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, and an Acquisition Award in the Ambassador Competition in 1428/2007 AH
She participated in the Fine Arts Court Award 2007 AD / 1428 AH and obtained a certificate of participation.
She won the Jury Prize at the Fine Arts Festival under Bayrak Sidi in 1428 AH.
She participated in the Audi Fine Arts Exhibition with the Noon Group of Saudi Women Pioneers in 1429 AH.
She participated in the first art exhibition of the Children's House for Orphan Care of the Umm Al-Qura Women's Charity Association for the year 2009
I participated in the Sharm El-Sheikh Exhibition for Arab Artists in 1431 AH and obtained a Certificate of Appreciation.
She participated in the Rome Exhibition for Arab Female Artists and obtained a certificate of appreciation from the Egyptian Cultural Attaché in 1431 AH.
- Inaugurated the third personal exhibition in Jeddah in 1431 AH
I participated in the Cairo Biennale for Culture and Arts (Revolution and Cohesion, June 24) and received a Certificate of Appreciation in 2011.
She was honored in France by the head of the French Autumn Salon, Noel Courier, for the year 2011 AD, as a distinguished Saudi artist
She participated in the Rome Exhibition for Arab Female Artists and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Egyptian Cultural Attache 1431 AH
She was honored by the Governor of South Sinai for her pioneering role in serving the plastic arts at the Symposium in 2011.
She was honored and won the Archaeological Qur’an Award by Her Highness Princess Seetah bint Abdullah bin Abdulaziz in Jeddah 1433 AH
Participated in the Contemporary Art Exhibition in King Abdullah Economic City 1433 AH
She received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Imprints of Arab Fine Artists Forum in Cairo in 2012, in recognition of her role in enriching culture and art.
She participated in the Two Kingdoms in the Heart exhibition in Bahrain and won a certificate of appreciation 1433 AH
I participated in the Benin Biennale in Africa and got a certificate of appreciation 2012-1433
I participated in the first international symposium of Yemen and received a certificate of thanks and appreciation in 2013
She received a certificate of thanks and appreciation from the Al-Ihsan Charity Association for Human Welfare within the activities of the Jeddah Spring Charity Exhibition within the activities of the Haya Jeddah Festival 1434 AH
I participated in the Benin Biennale and received a certificate of appreciation 1433 AH - 2013
Honored by the Autumn Salon in Paris in 2014 - for her distinction as a Saudi plastic artist
She received a shield of thanks and appreciation for her support of the fine art scene in the Kingdom from Talal Adham
Honored by the Misk Art Institute in Riyadh, among the list of male and female artists who contributed to the enrichment of the Saudi plastic movement, by His Highness Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud 10/31/2019
Establishing the Saudi Center for Fine Arts
She contributed her creativity through the painting and established the first art center in the name of the Saudi Center for Fine Arts, which is the first of its kind and its programs and its place in the hearts of plastic groups of both sexes who today have become stars in the arena. She sided with her plastic talent, so she excelled in it, and took on the task of adopting her talent in drawing to make it a line parallel to the giving of her father, who stood with her and encouraged her, starting with preparing ways to develop her skills. The exhibitions held in it exceeded more than two hundred plastic exhibitions, and it also hosted exhibitions for Arab and foreign artists, which added to Saudi artists a lot of knowledge of the experiences of others, so the Saudi Center for Fine Arts became, with this movement and interaction, one of the cultural landmarks specialized in the field of plastic arts in the city of Jeddah.