AUTHENTIC ARAB TALENT

Farah K. Behbehani was educated at Boston University and Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London. She has studied with the renowned calligrapher Khaled al-Saai and recently won an award at the Sharjah Biennial of Calligraphy. She lives in England Farah has worked on several architectural projects in her native Kuwait. Fromo 2011 until 2013, she collaborated with the New York-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) to design “veils” that would serve as shading structures for Kuwait University’s seven Administration buildings. Entitled ‘Shades of Knowledge’, Farah’s module calligraphic designs were transformed into evolving patterns that would envelope each of the seven buildings. Using Qur’anic verses, poetry and prose, the structures create an ephemeral play of light and shadow through a maze of letters that draw upon references from Islamic literature. #authentic #arab #talent #calligraphy #craft #architecture @mocsaudi