Ali Mohammed Al-Tokhais
Brief Background on the artist:
* Place of Birth: 1956, Al-Dawadmi, SA.
* Education: 1979, diploma in Art.
* Profession: Art Teacher at Salah Al-Dein Al-Ayoubi School.
Participations:
* 1980 - Became one of the first members to establish Al-Deraa (the Sheild) drawing club at Al-Dawadmi.
* 1995 – Became one of the first members to establish Al-Dawadmi Artists Groups.
* 1998 – Became a member at the House of Artists, Jeddah, SA.
* 1998 – Member at the Arabian Sculptors meeting, Jordan.
* 1999 – Member at the Rashana Studio, Beirut, Lebanon.
* 2001 – Memebr at the Arab Sculptors meeting, Musqat, Oman.
* 2002 – Member at the Arab Sculptors meeting, Dubai, United Imarets.
* 2002 - Became a member at the Omani Society for Art.
* 2003 – Became a member at the Arabian and Saudi Society for Art and Culture.
* 2004 – Member at the International Imar (Construction) meeting for Art, Dubai, United Imarets.
* 2004 – Member at the Alwan (color) Society for Art, Riyadh, SA.
* 2004 – Member at the Arabian Creativity Festival, Al-Laton Society, Cairo, Egypt.
* 2004 – Became on of the establishing members for the Arabian Artists Festival (Without Limits), Cairo, Egypt.
Exhibitions (Individual and Dual):
* 1985 – The first photography exhibition, Al-Dawadmi, SA.
* 1988 – The first sculpting exhibition, Riyadh, SA.
* 1989 – The second sculpting exhibition, Jeddah, SA.
* 1997 – The third sculpting exhibition, Jeddah, SA.
* 1979 – The first duet exhibition with the artist Ibrahim Al-Nighither, French Embassy, Riyadh, SA.
* 1999 – The second duet exhibition with the artist Ibrahim Al-Nighither, The Art and Culture Society, Al-Damam, SA.
* 2000 – The third duet exhibition with the artist Ibrahim Al-Nighither, the Saudi Center, Jeddah, SA.
* 2001 – The forth sculpting exhibition, Riyadh, SA.
* 2001 – Exhibition with French artist Monique Lacoir, French Embassy, Riyadh.
* 2002 – Duet Exhibition with Italian artist Bebino Qounto, Riyadh, SA.
* 2003 – The forth duet exhibition with the artist Ibrahim Al-Nighither, Oman Salalah, Oman.
Interior Participations:
* Participated at most of the exhibitions arranged by thee branch of Youth Welfare, Al-Washm, Al-Dawadmi, and Middle, SA.
* Participated at most of the exhibitions directed by the Youth Welfare and the Saudi Society for Art and Culture inside and outside the kingdom.
* Participated at the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition, Riyadh, SA.
* Participated at the 7th and 9th Keepsakes Exhibition, Riyadh, SA.
* Participated at the Kingdom’s Provinces Exhibition; (5th and 6th in Riyadh), (7th and 11th in Jeddah), (8th and 13th in Damam), (9th in Abha) and (10th and 12th in Al-Dawadmi).
* Participated at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Kingdom Drawing Exhibition in Riyadh and 4th, 5th in Abha and 6th in Hail.
* The 6th Arabian Festival, Riyadh, SA.
* Riyadh between the Old and the New Exhibition, Riyadh, SA.
* The first Islamic Art Exhibition, Jeddah, SA.
* Third Group Exhibition for Saudi Artists, Abha in 1406 H.
* Forth Group Exhibition for Saudi Artist, Abha in 1412 H.
* Plastic Space Exhibition, Riyadh in 1410 H.
* Exhibition of Kuwait Events in 1411 H.
* Disabled Exhibition, Riyadh.
* Al Janadriah Plastic Exhibition in 1412 H.
* First Saudi Art Exhibition for Saudi Artists in Al Rashed Mall, Khubar in 1416 H.
* First Regular Exhibition for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Riyadh in 1409 H.
* Mobile Caravan Exhibition for Anti-Drugs Awareness within the kingdom.
* Arabic Oil Company Exhibition for Central Region Artists, Al Khafji in 1415 H.
* Third Mobile Exhibition for Dawadmi Artists, Abha in 1416.
* Saudi Airlines Third Exhibition, Jeddah in 1417 H.
* House of Plastic Artists’ Forth Exhibition, Jeddah in 1417 H.
* Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition, Jeddah in 1417 H.
* Ru’yaty “My Vision” Second Exhibition in Al Nahda Charity Society, Riyadh in 1418 H.
* Exhibition of 59th Artist in Plastic Artists House, Jeddah in 1418 H.
* Exhibition of Plastic Artists House in the Royal Organization, Yanbu’ in 1418 H.
* Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition in the International Exhibitions Center, Riyadh in 1419 H.
* ‘Art for All’ Exhibition in Al Mansouriya Est. for Creativity, Jeddah in 1422 H.
* Group Exhibition for Dawadmi Plastic Artists:
· First in Riyadh, 1415 H.
· Second in Abha, 1416 H.
· Third in Jeddah, 1416 H.
· Forth in Riyadh, 1419 H.
· Fifth in Dawadmi, 1423 H.
· Sixth in Riyadh, 1423 H.
· Seventh in Jeddah, 1426 H.
* First Exhibition for the competition of the Contemporary Saudi Art Museum, Riyadh in 1423 H.
* First and Second Plastic Arts Exhibition, Russ, in 1422/1423 H.
* Exhibition of Plastic Art in Two Generations, Riyadh in 1423 H.
* Third and Forth Group Exhibition for Plastic Colors, Riyadh in 1425/1426 H.
* Onaiza 25 Plastic Exhibition for artists of the kingdom 2005.
* Riyadh Meeting for Contemporary Arabic Plastic Art 2005.
* Forth Exhibition in Fouad Center, Khubar in 2005.
* ‘Atyaf Al Wid’ Exhibition, Riyadh in 2005.
* First Exhibition for Art Teachers, Dawadmi in 2005.
International Exhibitions
* Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition, Oman, UAE in 1406 H.
* Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Exhibition, Japan in 1406 H.
* The Kingdom Yesterday and Today’s Exhibition, London in 1406 H.
* Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition, Turkey in 1407 H.
* First Asian European Ankara Pinali, Turkey 1406 H.
* Second Muscat Pinali, Oman in 1411 H.
* First, Second, Third and Forth Sharjah Pinali, 1993/ 1995/ 1997/ 1999.
* Sixth and Eighth Dacca Pinali, Bangladesh, 1414/ 1418 H.
* Fifth Cairo Pinali in 1991.
* First Gulf Cooperation Council Exhibition, Rome in 1417 H.
* Plastic Artists House Exhibition, Alexandria in 1418 H.
* Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition, Bonn in 1418 H.
* Second Gulf Cooperation Council Exhibition, France in 1419 H.
* Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition, Italy in 1419 H.
* Saudi Art Collection, Cairo 1419 H, Spain and China 1420 H and London 1421 H.
* Arab Sculptors Meeting, Amman in 1999.
* Roshana Professional Sculptor, Lebanon in 1999.
* Arab Meeting, Muscat in 1999.
* Twenty-fifth Exhibition, Kuwait in 1999.
* Saudi Art Exhibition, Lebanon in 1999.
* Arab Sculptors Meeting, Muscat in 2001.
* Arab Sculptors Meeting, Dubai in 2002.
* Double participation with the artist Ibrahim Al Nughaither, Salalah Autumn in 2003.
* Aamar International Meeting for Art, Dubai in 2004.
* Arab Creativity Festival, Alexandria in 2004.
* Arab Plastic Artists without Limits’ Festival, Cairo in 2004.
* Saudi Culture Days, Bahrain in 2005.
* Saudi Day Expo, Nicosia, Japan in 2005.
Awards
· Prize for Practical Art and Incarnates in the Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth Exhibition for Properties, Riyadh in 1406/ 1408/ 1410.
· Prize for Practical Art and Incarnates in the First and Sixth Ceremonies Exhibition, Riyadh in 1403/ 1415 H and the Third Ceremonies Exhibition, Abha in 1408 H.
· Prize for Applied Art in the Eighth and Ninth Saudi Art Exhibition in 1408/1409 H.
· Prize of Applied Art in the Eleventh Exhibition for the Kingdom’s Areas, Dammam in 1412 H.
International Prizes
* Prize of International Jury in the First Ankara Pinali, Turkey in 1986.
* Third Sculptors’ Prize in the Second Muscat Pinali, Oman in 1991.
* Honor medal in the Regular Exhibition for GCC countries, Riyadh in 1999.
* Honor Prize for Sharja First Pinali, UAE in 1413 H.
* Dana Prize in the 25th February Exhibition, Kuwait in 1996.
* Prize of Roshana International Professional, Lebanon in 1999.
* Honor medal of the Fifth Regular Exhibition for GCC countries, Qatar in 2000.
* Honor medal of the Sixth Regular Exhibition for GCC countries, Muscat in 2002.
* Honor Prize in Arab Creativity Festival, Alexandria in 2004.
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Properties
* Properties in youth sponsorship in the Saudi Society for Culture and Art, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam.
* Fourteen sculptured pieces in Abdul Raoof Khalil Museum, Jeddah.
* Properties in the Omani Society, Muscat, Salalah in 2003.
* Field incarnate in Al Muntazah Park facing the National Museum, Amman in 1998.
* Field incarnate in Rashana, Batroun, Lebanon in 1999.
* Field incarnate in Al Qirm Park, Muscat in 2001.
* Field incarnate in Media City, Dubai in 2002.
* Field incarnate in Dubai Tower in 2004.
* A Museum that includes a collection of paintings for famous Arab artists. The museum has a room that can hold eight sculptors at a time
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Ali Mohammed Al-Tokhais
Al-Dawadmi 11911 . P.O. Box: 397
Fax 0096616420600
Mobile: 00966 0505113796
Saudi Arabia (SA)
Email: Altokhais@hotmail.com,
Websites www.atokhais.com