What’s Up got the opportunity and chance to sit and talk with two landmarks in the movie and animation industry, Dr. Janeann Dill, Ph.D, and Mr. Philippe Jalladeau, both masters of their trade to talk about the art of animation, film making, and communicating the artist’s thoughts.

A remarkable compilation of 33 art pieces of Tajammul Hussainʼs collection “Illuminating The Word” will be exhibited
at Athr gallery starting May 18 to June 10, 2010.

Throughout his life, and since he was a teenager, Abdulaziz Al Noman has always wanted to be a self-made person, who builds his future with his own efforts. After graduating from high-school, he wanted to become an electric engineer, yet his GPA qualified him to join the power mechanical engineering department, which was something he never liked.

Since Eli Acheson’s early years she knew she wanted to be an artist, it was a dream she managed to fulfill. Over time she managed to gain Fine Art degrees, awards, and has given lectures about art in many countries like Poland, Italy, France, UK, and Saudi Arabia.

It is rare to get an opportunity to interview a colleague. But since I met Fahad Ayyad our very own photographer, I had the urge to learn how this aspiring freelancer managed to carve a name for himself from the art of capturing light.

Since prehistoric times, cavemen used to illustrate stories of their daily lives on cave walls. Even with all the advancement we see today living in urban jungles, humans have kept that primal form of art to date. As children, we all remember that as soon as we discovered the powers of pens and markers we began scribbling on the walls of our own homes to leave our mark. We naturally get excited by the idea of marking our territory, our feelings, and whatever else appeals to us.

Hazar Bogary is one of the most influential graphics designers. Her professional journey has taken her through many aspects of creativity throughout her life reaching a time when she has become a renowned graphics designer due to her mastery of her skills working for Grey Group – a multinational corporation – creating advertisements that perfectly sync with the Saudi society.

The I Salone Internazionale del Mobile is an annual international furniture exhibition that takes place in Milan, Italy. It is considered to be without comparison the most major design exhibition in the world. COSMIT the event organizer referred to the I Saloni exhibition as ‘an international meeting of minds!’

Each one of us is born to walk a path. We might cross paths, or live our whole lives without meeting each other. But one thing is for sure, you walk the path alone, no one will help you and no one will guide you. Although everyone claims they have the right answers. You’re on your own… And you must survive to see what lies at the end of the path.

We live in an Artificial World

Reflecting on the life we live, this time and age where everything is consumed and mass produced, we live in an artificial world, away from nature, forgetting the connection of how we became and why. We are as dispensable as tea bags, where companies would take an natural drink and produces it for millions,

Huda Beydoun found her passion in Abstract Expressionism Art, during her freshmen year in high school she noticed a growing interest in this school of art.

What’s Up Jeddah is proud to interview the first Saudi artist to have her own private exhibit in Beirut (Lebanon) thus taking her first steps into the international art arena. We met Lina Gazzaz to take a closer look at her philosophies, her experience, and her dreams.

At What’s Up we get the opportunity and pleasure of meeting some of the most creative artists in Saudi Arabia, and that proves that not only do Saudis have an exquisite taste for art and fashion but that they too can celebrate their own homegrown talent.

When mentioning the word illustrator, the first thing that generally comes to mind is a person who uses the application illustrator to create graphics related to work or designs.