Hi Hun! My Name’s Abdulla and I’m an artist

I love telling stories and building experiences around them

Found my beginnings as a graphic designer and photographer. Both mediums felt very flat to me. The question in my head was always; how might I immerse everyone in the work. Thats when I started adding multiple dimensions to bring the work to life. As an artist I like to build experiences that tell stories and hopefully eject viewers from their current reality and transport them to another universe.

The way I go about my work, I call it a dance between my inner child and adult. A dance between my subconscious and conscious mind. One dreams it and the other builds it. I’m always fighting to keep up with my inner child. I think that’s where my curiosity to learn comes from. I love working with new technologies and learning how to create using a lot of different mediums. That really helps me (or my inner child) talk in so many languages. When telling stories, I believe choosing the right medium (language) is really important. Painting infuses your physicality in the artwork. Photography compresses the timeline of creation, I can spend hours and days doing makeup and clothes for it to be over in a matter of minutes. That’s just 2 of the things I like to dabble in.

My entire body of work, and we’re referencing future work yet to be created, all revolve around a world called Plump’s Topia. Plump is my childhood nickname, and topia refers to my world. I see my work as a reflection of my own being. I don’t consciously guide myself to create within the realm of Plump’s Topia but it just happens. I’m a kid making art, the process is entirely intuitive and then becomes reflective.

and yeah that’s me!

proud moments

 

2nd place winner

I Am a National Geographic Photographer reality tv competition

 

Sheikha Manal YAA Top 50

top 50 artists exhbition

IEAA Recognition

By placing 4th in the International Emerging Artist Award, received recognition for Plump’s World

 

Sikka Art Fair 2018 & 2022

2018 & 2022 produced experiential works based on Plump’s Topia

Plump’s Topia: A Summoning

First solo exhibition at the tender age of 18

 

Emotion Record

artist commission, produced over 30 portraits as part of the research for the final exhibition

Exposures: Visual Interpretations

part of group exhibition and commissioned as photographer for all participating artists portraits

 

SEE ME @ NYC

participated in a digital group show displayed in a refurbished synagogue