Faisal Samra

Faisal Samra is a Bahrain-born multimedia artist of Saudi nationality, born in 1955, who works across painting, sculpture, installation, video and digital imagery. He trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His work often critiques the manufactured images of mass media and commerce. He held a 1996 solo show, 'Nabatiyats', at Darat al Funun in Amman, and a 2007 solo exhibition there, 'Distorted Reality', which was documented in a catalogue published by Darat al Funun. His work is held by institutions including the British Museum and the Institut du Monde Arabe.