About Us

Ahmed Al Azzawi, The founder and director of the Azzawi Art Foundation, Throughout most of his life, he has been brought up in a diverse and multicultural environment where he found himself integrated within different scopes in the field of art. Ahmed speaks fluent  English, and Arabic, as well as a little French, German, Russian, Urdu, and Japanese – and loves to communicate with people from different cultures.

In 2013, Ahmed immigrated to the United States of America. His primary dream and goal in the U.S. was to study and expand his knowledge in the field of art. He yearned to accomplish this goal as soon as possible and thus in the year 2018, he earned his Associate’s in Art, and in the same year he transferred to the University of California San Diego. There, he graduated in January of 2020 and earned his Bachelors of Arts, Major Visual Art “Studio”, with Honors and the title of “Cum Laude”. Ahmed earned the MFA Master of Fine Arts from Lesley University, Cambridge, United States, January, 2024.

Artist Statement, My research interests revolve around investigating people’s deep, complicated emotions and finding innovative ways to express them. I wish to be able to convey peace in war, love in hate, and life in death. Furthermore, I hope that I can depict my expression of safety as a necessity and a right to gain for every human living on earth. Due to the great number of individuals who currently suffer from violence, discrimination and racism in our world, I would like to emphasize the importance of safety and stability in our life.

     Some of the most influential figures that have led me to paint and pursue my career in the field of art are artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Mickalene Thomas, Frida Kahlo and Marina Abramović. I have gained and learned a variety of different lessons from each artist whose work I enjoyed. 

Generating my artwork from sources of reality, imagination, and dreams, I extract particular scenes and scenarios that I feel accurately or abstractly express human feelings. At times, I bend the image in my own way, further adding fantasy to produce the artwork and achieve my intended vision.

 I hope that the audience becomes engaged through the concepts of peace and love for others- no matter the subject’s background, race, gender or ethnicity. Specifically, I hope to establish my artworks as shared spaces, where audience members of all walks of life can experience peace, hope, and love.