Between 2011 and 2016 Delfina Foundation partnered with The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Art Dubai and Tashkeel on annual residencies for Emirati and international artists and curators.

Artists-in-Residence (A.i.R) Dubai brought together expertise and resources from arts organisations in the UAE and the UK to support international exchange through artistic research, production and residencies. A.i.R Dubai aimed to promote international discourse and exposure in the UAE through open studios, educational activities and new commissions as part of Art Dubai Projects.

A.i.R Dubai 2016

Moza Almatrooshi

Dubai: 18/02/2016 — 25/03/2016

Lydia Ourahmane

Dubai: 18/02/2016 — 25/03/2016

Yasmina Reggad

Dubai: 04/01/2016 — 25/03/2016

Areej Kaoud

London: 18/02/2016 — 25/03/2016

Jumairy

Dubai: 18/02/2016 — 25/03/2016

Miriam Al Muhairi

Dubai: 18/02/2016 — 25/03/2016

A.i.R Dubai 2015

UAE-based artists were selected via a competitive open call included the established, Khorfakkan-based artist Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim; photographer and writer Hind MezainaSharmeen Syed, whose practice references architectural research; and multi-media artist Jessica Mein. They were joined by the Amsterdam-based, former Rijksakademie resident Mehraneh Atashi, who works in photography, video and installation and has been recently pre-occupied with the concept of entropy, as well as Beirut-based artist Rheim Alkadhi, who weaves poetic collages from objects, texts, and images. A.i.R Dubai residencies, as well as Art Dubai Commissions, were curated by Lara Khaldi.

A.i.R Dubai 2014

Sara Al Haddad

London: 08/01/2014 — 30/03/2014

Sunoj D.

Dubai: 08/01/2014 — 30/03/2014

Nadia Ayari

Dubai: 08/01/2014 — 30/03/2014

Maitha Demithan

London: 08/01/2014 — 30/03/2014

Ipek Ulusoy Akgul

London: 08/01/2014 — 30/03/2014

A.i.R Dubai 2013

Dina Danish

Dubai: 07/01/2013 — 31/03/2013

Joe Namy

Dubai: 07/01/2013 — 31/03/2013

Yudi Noor

Dubai: 07/01/2013 — 31/03/2013

Ebtisam Abdulaziz

Dubai: 07/01/2013 — 31/03/2013

Ammar Al Attar

Dubai: 07/01/2013 — 31/03/2013

Reem Falaknaz

Dubai: 07/01/2013 — 31/03/2013

Bérénice Saliou

Dubai: 07/01/2013 — 31/03/2013

A.i.R Dubai 2012

Zeinab Alhashemi

Dubai: 08/01/2012 — 07/04/2012

Hadeyeh Badri

Dubai: 08/01/2012 — 07/04/2012

Nasir Nasrallah

Dubai: 08/01/2012 — 07/04/2012

Magdi Mostafa

Dubai: 08/01/2012 — 07/04/2012

Deniz Üster

Dubai: 08/01/2012 — 07/04/2012

Fayçal Baghriche

Dubai: 08/01/2012 — 26/03/2012

Alexandra (Ali) MacGilp

Dubai: 08/01/2012 — 07/04/2012

A.i.R Dubai 2011

Abbas Akhavan

Dubai: 01/02/2011 — 25/03/2011

Tobias Collier

Dubai: 01/02/2011 — 25/03/2011

Hind bin Demaithan

Dubai: 01/03/2011 — 25/03/2011

Shaikha Al Mazrou

London: 01/02/2011 — 23/05/2011

Shamma Al Amri

Dubai: 01/02/2011 — 25/03/2011