Safeya Sharif (b. Dubai, 1999) is a multidisciplinary Emirati artist based in Dubai. Her practice incorporates a variety of mediums, including printmaking, photography, painting, book structure, and graphic design. Safeya explores the complexities of the mind and how it could be altered. She portrays a shifted reality, that is either influenced or subjected in surreal playful Compositions which capture realities interrupted by hallucinations and concluded conception such as day dreaming.
Safeya holds a BFA in Visual Art from Zayed University. She participated in a number of exhibitions in the UAE and internationally, including Time and Identity Exhibition, Al Safa Arts and Design Library, Dubai, UAE (2023); Press Print!, Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2023); Chill: Summer in the City, Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2022); Psychedelic Surrealism, Quoz Art Festival (2022); Looking Elsewhere, Zayed University Urban Satellite Space at the Foundry, Dubai, UAE (2021), The Emerald Print Exchange (2021), Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR (2021), and 6X6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY (2021).
Safeya participates in the NYU Abu Dhabi Masters program in Arts and Media. She was part of the Peer Assistant Leadership Program (PALs) at Zayed University. She previously worked as an Artist Assistant to Emirati artist and printmaker Salama Nasib. She did an internship at Richemont, Cartier as part of the Arts & Culture Department, working directly with the Paris team.