Ali Al-Takhais
personal information
Born in 1956 (age 67 years)
Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia
Saudi nationality
practical life
Cause of fame sculptor, artist
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Ali Al-Takhis is a Saudi sculptor and artist, born in the Al-Dawadmi governorate of the Riyadh region in 1956 AD (1376 AH). He is a founding member of the Al-Dawadimi group of plastic artists, and is considered one of the Saudi pioneers in the field of sculpture. He represented Saudi Arabia in many international forums and won important awards, including the Ankara Biennale Award in Turkey in 1986 AD, and the honorary award at the Arab Creativity Festival in Egypt in 2004 AD. He has artworks and sculptures in public squares in Beirut, Dubai and Muscat. In 2019, he culminated his artistic career in sculpture by designing and carving the cornerstone of the Diriyah Gate project.
education
He obtained a diploma from the Institute of Art Education in 1979.
Work and memberships
Member of the Fine Arts House in Jeddah.
Member of the Forum of Arab sculptors in Jordan.
A founding member of the Shield Club Studio in Dawadmi.
A founding member of the Dawadmi Fine Artists Group.
Member of the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts.
Member of the Omani Society for Arts.
Rachana Professional Member in Lebanon.
Member of the Arab Sculptors Forum in Muscat.
Member of the Arab Sculptors Forum in Dubai.
His works are in sculpture
The sculptures of the Saudi sculptor Ali Al-Takhis exceeded formal harmony to aesthetic depth, and his sculptures exceed 1,000 sculptures carved with many materials and different spaces.
Awards and honors
International Arbitrators Award at the first Ankara Biennale in Turkey in 1986.
Third Prize for Sculpture at the Second Muscat Biennale in Oman in 1991.
Al-Dana Award at the February 25th Exhibition in Kuwait in 1996.
Medal of Appreciation in the periodic exhibition of the GCC countries in Riyadh in 1999.
Honorary Award at the Arab Creativity Festival in Alexandria in 2004
First Prize for Sculpture in the Fifth Badminton Friends Competition in Dammam in 2005.
On January 30, 2020, the Ministry of Culture honored him “in appreciation of his active contribution to the development of sculptural arts in the Kingdom over a process that exceeded four decades.”
