The QF Generation | Educators and Researchers
Maryam
Al-Homaid
From Playground Sketches to Woven Memory
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Her father's studio was her childhood playground. At Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, she discovered how to turn that lifelong immersion in art into powerful statements. Through pixel-based textiles, she captures the textures of Qatar’s rapid transformation – turning carpets into cultural archives that weave memory, identity, and change.
Art has never been separate from Maryam Al-Homaid’s personality, or her life. Her father is Yousef Ahmad, one of the leading artists in Qatar and the GCC. And, as a child, his studio was her playground, filled with sketchpads, airbrushes, and canvases so large he painted them with brushes tied to sticks.
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