Ahmed Saeed Al Areef Al Dhaheri, (b.1988) is an Emirati multidisciplinary artist. He acquired his Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from the College of Arts and Science at the American University of Sharjah (2012). The artist then pursued his master’s in art history and museum management at Paris-Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi (2017). Over the past decade, Al Areef’s multidisciplinary artistry has become synonymous with conceptual photography, and he has recently broadened his scope of artistic mediums to include digital art, video installations, photo manipulation, oil on canvas and illustration, specifically ink on paper. He embeds visual anthropology approach to historical symbols through contemporary mediums to represent and convey the significance of past cultures and heritages. He has been showcased both locally and abroad at numerous galleries and museum exhibitions. His recent showcases include: Portrait of a Nation, Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF), Abu Dhabi, 2016; Portrait of a Nation, ME Collectors Room Berlin/Olbricht Foundation, Berlin (2017); UAE Design Stories: The Next Generation from the Emirates, Milan Design Week, Milan (2018); UAE Design Stories: Objects of the Past: Today, London Design Fair, London (2018); UAE Design Stories, Emirati Cultural Week-Gallerie Nikki, Paris (2018); UAE Design Stories: Design for Littles: Us, Ours, & Others, Dubai Design Week, Dubai (2018); Beyond: Emerging Artists, Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi (2018); Artist in Residency exhibition, Culture foundation, Abu Dhabi (2018); Colour Bar: Colour, Space and Bits per Pixel, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah (2019); Common ground, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (2020); Commonground2, Qattara Art Center, Al Ain (2021); Physiognomy, Land and Territory, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (2022) Memories of a Harbor, Manar Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (2023). Al Areef is also currently an work at the National Library and Archives, akin to his art, his role reflects his desire to safeguard his culture and heritage and enable it to flourish.

Manal Mahamid (1976) is a conceptual multidisciplinary Palestinian artist based in Haifa and Dublin since 2020. Born in "Moawia," a Palestinian village, Mahamid has developed a diverse body of work that spans sculpture, video, installation, painting, and photography.

She earned her Master’s in Fine Arts at the University of Haifa in 2006, thanks to a scholarship of Excellence from the university. In 2010, she obtained a degree in Museology and Curation from the University of Tel Aviv. Recently, in 2024, she completed a Master’s in Culture Policy and Arts Management from University College Dublin (UCD).

Mahamid’s work has been recognized with numerous accolades, including being shortlisted for the A.M. Qattan Young Artist of the Year Award in 2002.

She received the Delfina Foundation’s Resident Artist Award in 2007 as part of the Riwaq Biennale, a collaboration between the Delfina Foundation and the A.M. Qattan Foundation.

Her art has been showcased in over 50 group exhibitions worldwide, with notable exhibitions in London, Chicago, Cairo, Dusseldorf, Haifa, Ramallah, Um El Fahim, and Jericho. She also participated in the Qalandiya International Festival in 2014 and 2016, organized by the Arab Culture Association in Haifa.

Mahamid’s solo exhibitions include "The Tale of a Gazelle" (2016), "Work in Progress", and her most recent exhibition "Lines of Flight" in Waterford.

Dina Mattar was born in 1985 in Gaza. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Art Education from Al-Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip in 2007. Mattar is interested in drawing and coloring, especially the life topics that surround her and tries to add hope as a complementary part to what she dreams of. The colors she uses are the spirit of the paintings full of joy. Everything she does falls under the title of searching in the depths for hope. Her interest is clear in the element of women, which is the symbol that she finds suitable to bear the burdens of life. The Palestinian woman is a strong human being who struggles for a better life. Among the topics that occupy her interest are the issues of humanity and the places and stories that she lived in her childhood, which are part of her personal life. Mattar always leaves a positive impression on the viewer through her elements that are from life and inspired by heritage and nature, which she transforms into decorations to complete the scene. Mattar has held a number of solo exhibitions in Palestine and abroad and has displayed her paintings in many exhibitions in Palestine and abroad. She has exhibited in Britain, Jordan, France, Switzerland, the United States of America, Argentina, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Ireland, Japan, Germany and others. She was selected for the Art Residency Program at the City of International Arts in Paris 2012. Mattar works as an art education teacher in government schools in the Gaza Strip and an art lecturer at Al-Aqsa University. She has received several international awards, including the Ms. Humanitarian Award in Chile and the Creative Woman Award in Palestine for the year 2018. Mattar is a founding member of the Al-Tiqa Group for Contemporary Art - Gaza.