Samar Alzaidy, young Iraqi painter, has been selected the Regional Artist of the Month (April 2024) and has become the first of the three candidates to the Artist of the Region (Middle East), as an artist who best represents the artistic tradition of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
In 2024, BE OPEN Art continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists, whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities. The second stage of the second year of the programme run will cover the countries of Middle East. The stage will last 3 months, with a winner named and awarded 500 euro at the end of June.
Samar Alzaidy studied at the Ceramics Institute in her native Iraq and participated in many exhibitions around the world. Experimenting with watercolors is an important thing in Samar’s creative work.