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View Larger Image and Additional Photos of Salman AlhajriAbout Salman Alhajri : Dr. Salman Alhajri is a assistant professor of graphic design at The Department of Art Education, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. Alhajri completed a Ph.D degree in Art and Design at Loughborough University, his thesis title was "Developing a pedagogical model to enhance and assess creativity in Omani graphic design education". In 2005, Salman graduated with a MDes from University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. As a researcher, Salman interested in exploring the links between the creativity and graphic design education and the ways of developing creative potential of graphic design students. Alhajri is very enthusiast to engage in academic activities such as conferences, journal publishing, design competitions, and lecturing internationally. Salman works hard to develop himself as researcher, designer, and artist. In art and design he interested in practicing in Arabic Calligraphy Art practice, web design, and publications design. Internationally, Dr. Alhajri participated in many international exhibitions, workshops, and artistic activities. Presently he performs various art and design experiments using several approaches such as photography, painting, drawing, digital printmaking, and graphic design. In his art/design Salman seeks to communicate with others in a variety of different mediums and techniques. The most important elements in his art are; creativity, color harmony, simplicity, and attractive compositions.
Salman works hard to develop himself as researcher, designer, and artist. In art and design he interested in practicing in Arabic Calligraphy Art practice, web design, and publications design.
Internationally, Dr. Alhajri participated in many international exhibitions, workshops, and artistic activities. Presently he performs various art and design experiments using several approaches such as photography, painting, drawing, digital printmaking, and graphic design.
In his art/design Salman seeks to communicate with others in a variety of different mediums and techniques. The most important elements in his art are; creativity, color harmony, simplicity, and attractive compositions.
Salman have developed a unique styles in Arabic calligraphy. In this art stream, is accepted and appreciated highly in developed and western countries, such as The UK or Taiwan, but was not the case in Arab countries (e.g. Oman). The author here enquires about the reasons of this situation. It is because Omani people are ignorance or not really aware of the modern trends in Art, if this is the case, what researcher or educated artist, who practice this type of art, can offer to educate people and raise their awareness.
Omani artists are fascinated by the art forms of Arabic calligraphy, which combine both spiritual meaning and aesthetic beauty. Artist Salman Alhajri is an example of a contemporary Arabic artist who uses Arabic calligraphy as the main theme in his art. Dr. Alhajri is trying to introduce the beauty of Arabic letters from a new aesthetic point of view. He also aims to create unusual visual effects that viewers can easily interact with. Even though words and phrases appear in Alhajri’s artwork, they are not conveying direct meanings: viewers can create their own meaning or expressions from them by appreciating the compositions of the artwork.
ORGANIZATION:
Sultan Qaboos University
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Arts teacher Education, research, training
EDUCATION:
2013, Art and Design education, PhD, Loughborough University, UK.
2005, Design, MDes, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
2001, Art Education, Bachelor of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.
EXPERIENCE:
2001- 2003, Demonstrator, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
2006- 2008, Lecturer of Art and Graphic Design, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
2013- Present, assistant Professor of Art and graphic design, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2014, Arabic Calligraphy of Salman Alhajri, Fatma's Gallery, Muscat, Oman.
2013, Arabic Calligraphy of Salman Alhajri, Ghalya’s Musem of Modern Art, Matrah, Muscat, Oman.
2013, Youths Conference for Creativity, the Iraqi Cultural Centre, London, UK.
2012, Wall Painting 2012 of Ghalya’s Musem of Modern Art, Matrah, Muscat.
2009, The 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition, ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
2009, Kalimat Exhibition (group of calligraphy artists) at Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre (DUCTAC), Mall of the Emirates, Dubai.
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2013, The 17th Youth Exhibition of fine arts, (OSFA), Muscat.
2013, The 8th Calligraphy & Script Calligraphy Annual Exhibition 2013, (OSFA), Muscat.
2013, Small Artworks Exhibition (OSFA), Muscat.
2013, Group exhibition (Majan), The Cultural Club, Muscat.
2008, The 3rd Annual Exhibition of Arabic Calligraphy (OSFA).
2006, The 10th Annual Youth Exhibition (Ibda'a Wa'ed) (OSFA).
2006, The 1st Annual Exhibition of Arabic Calligraphy (OSFA).
2006, Group Exhibition of Art Education Teachers, Al Mudaybi, Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate.
2000, The art exhibition associated with The Celebration of the First Visit of His Majesty to Sultan Qaboos University.
2000, Group exhibition, 'Lineaments from Omani nature', Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, The 6th Salalah Festival, Salalah, Oman.
2000, Group exhibition associated with the 4th and 5th Annual Muscat Book Fairs.
1997, Group exhibition, Ibra Technical College, Ibra.
1996, The 9th Annual Exhibition of Omani Artists, Sur.
1996, Group of Artists Exhibition, Ash Sharqiyah Governorate (Ibra, Sur, Jaalan).
1994, The 1st Exhibition of Bidiya’s Artists, Bidiya Sports and Cultural Club.
EVENTS:
2013, Adobe Illustrator CS6 students training, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.
2012, Conducted a lecture about my art practice, and a workshop of contemporary Arabic calligraphy at the American University of Kuwait. I also visited classes to share my experiences of creativity, design elements and principles, and graphic design in the Arabic context with graphic design students.
2008, Advanced workshop in oil paintings accompanied with the Symposium of Al-Mahras Festival, Tunisia.
2000, Advanced workshop in graphic design, graphic design department, SQU.
2000, A workshop in mural painting, Youth Art Studio.
1997, A workshop in advanced skills of paintings and drawings, Sohar.
1995, A workshop in basic skills of paintings and drawings, Sur.
AWARDS:
2013, 1st Prize, Graphic Design Award in the 8th Calligraphy & Script Calligraphy Annual Exhibition, Muscat, Oman.
2013, 1st Prize, Graphic design division of the Small Artwork Exhibition competition, Omani Society for Fine Arts, Muscat, Oman.
2009, finalist, Art and Design, the 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition, ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
2009, finalist, Art Category, the International Aesthetica Creative Works Competition, Aesthetica Magazine, UK.
2008, Best research poster, Best poster competition award, the Creative Interdisciplinarity in Art & Design Research Conference, Loughborough University, UK.
2000, 1st Prize, the 13th Gathering of Arabic Scout Rovers in Kuwait.
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2014, Catalogue of Eighth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, 'Design as Collective Intelligence', VANCOUVER, CANADA.
2010, "Moon, desert, and poetry", Catalogue of an exhibition held at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taichung) ROC", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, July. Taiwan.
2010, "Art Catalogue of Computational Aesthetics 2010", Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging, The Eurographics Association, UK.
2009, "The Beauty of Arabic Calligraphy Compositions 3", Aesthetica Magazine, February, UK.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:
Alhajri, S. A., 2010. The importance of creativity in teaching graphic design in Arab world, Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.59-70.
Alhajri, S. A., 2010. Investigating the nature of creativity as it is understood in graphic design industries. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Design Creativity. Kobe, Japan, November 2010. The Design Society papers, pp.1-7.
Alhajri, S. A., 2012. Defining creativity as problem solving in graphic design education In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity. Glasgow, UK, 18th-20th September 2012. The Design Society papers.
BOOKS:
None
ACCOLADES:
2013, "The First Graphic Design Award in the 8th Calligraphy & Script Calligraphy Annual Exhibition", Omani Society for Fine Arts, Muscat, Oman.
2013, "The First Prize in the graphic design division of the Small Artwork Exhibition and competition", Omani Society for Fine Arts, Muscat, Oman.
2009, "A finalist in the 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition", ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
2009, "A finalist in the International Aesthetica Creative Works Competition Art Category", Aesthetica Magazine, UK.
2008, "The best research poster on the Creative Interdisciplinarity in Art & Design Research Conference", Loughborough University, UK.
2008, "Madalya of participating at the 21st Annual Festival of Plastic Art (Mahras), Tunisia.
2000, "1st Prize at the 13th Gathering of Arabic Scout Rovers in Kuwait", Kuwait.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Arabic (Native), English (Advanced).
COMPUTER LITERACY:
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Windows, Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, and many other.
COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2013, "Trained SQU students in how to use Adobe Illustrator CS6 for graphic design purposes", Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
2012, "A seminars about my art practice", the American University of Kuwait, Kuwait city, Kuwait.
2012, "A workshop of contemporary Arabic calligraphy", the American University of Kuwait, Kuwait city, Kuwait.
2012, “Wall Painting 2012 workshop of a group mural paintings of the Ghalya's Museum of Modern Art' , Muttra, Muscat.
2008, "Advanced workshop in oil paintings accompanied with the Symposium of Al-Mahras Festival", Mahras, Tunisia.
2000, "Advanced workshop in graphic design", graphic design department, Sultan Qaboos University.
2000, "Workshop in mural painting", Youth Art Studio, Muscat, Oman.
1997, "Workshop in advanced skills of paintings and drawings", Youth Art Studio, Muscat, Sohar, Oman.
1995, "Workshop in basic skills of paintings and drawings", Sur, Oman.
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2012, "The 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2012)", from 18 to 20 September 2012, Glasgow, UK.
2010, "The 1st International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC2010)", from 29 November to 1 December 2010, Kobe, Japan.
2010, "Re-Visions, postgraduate research students’ conference in Art & Design Research from 5 to 6 July, Loughborough University, Loughborough.
2010, "6th International Computational Aesthetics Symposium", London, UK.
2010, "The Fourth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices", University of Illinois from 13 to 15 February, Chicago, USA.
2009, "Creative Interdisciplinary in Art & Design Research Conference", Loughborough University from 1 to 2 July, Loughborough University, Loughborough.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
2013, The Design Principles & Practices knowledge community, Common Ground Publishing, University of Illinois (USA).
2013, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS), The University of Arizona, (USA).
2010, SIG "Special Interest Group (Design Creativity)", Japan.
2010, AIGA "The professional association for design", USA.
2010, AAH "Association of Art Historians", UK.
2010, ICOGRADA "The International Council of Graphic Design Associations", Canada.
2008, "The International Artistic Group (visions)", Tunisia.
1999, "The Youth Studio", Oman.
1999, OSFA "The Omani Society for Fine Arts ", Oman.
COLLECTIONS:
2014, Arabic Calligraphy of Salman Alhajri, Rozna Muscat Gallery, Muscat, Oman.
2014, Arabic Calligraphy of Salman Alhajri, Fatma's Gallery, Muscat, Oman.
2013, Arabic Calligraphy of Salman Alhajri, Ghalya’s Musem of Modern Art, Matrah, Muscat, Oman.
2012, Arabic Calligraphy artwork, gift to Abdul Aziz Bin Mohammed Al-Rawas, the Advisor to His Majesty the Sultan for Cultural Affairs.
2009, "A finalist in the 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition", ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
2012, "Talanted Students of Sultan Qaboos University", Muscat, Oman.
2012, "The best scientific poster of Loughborough University PhD students", Loughborough, UK.
2011, "The Russian Design Week - International Design Competition", Moscow, Russia.
2008, Rustaq College of Applied Sciences, Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman.
HOBBIES:
Reading, Internet surfing, swimming, running, fishing
CLIENTELE:
None
WEB SITE:
http://www.salmanalhajri.com/
PORTFOLIO URL:
http://www.salmanalhajri.com/Design/4/Gallery4.htm
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REGISTRATION DATE:
2014-02-12 04:51:35
COUNTRY/REGION:
Oman
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
Awards received by Salman Alhajri
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Arabic Calligraphy Artworks Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category in 2013 Dr. Salman Alhajri for Sultan Qaboos University, Rozna Muscat Gallery, Fatma's Gallery, Muscat, Ghalya’s Musem of Modern Art, Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre (ductac) |
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