Mubarak Al-Thani (B. 1989) is a self-taught artist whose childhood sketches brought him into a world outside his daily studies, where lines and forms caught his fascination.
He later went on to receive a BA from Georgetown University in the School of Foreign Service and an MA in Urban Planning from New York University in the United States. In his developing artistic practice, he uses color and geometric form to capture both abstraction and literal expressionism to convey the energy of cities, their skylines, expanding to further subjects such as culture, history and politics.
Al- Thani now works for the Education Above All Foundation, which is involved in the protection and provision of education worldwide. He also worked as an officer in the United Nations from 2013 until 2017. He completed an artist in residency at the Doha Fire Station in 2018. Mubarak has exhibited in Doha, New York, St. Petersburg and has also been featured in a number of group shows internationally.
The rise of the masses, growth of cities, and evolution of urban culture has inspired the series, “Urban Perspectives” which studies spatial concepts by exploring the shaping of cities and their portrayal from different perspectives.
