Ahmed Mater Al-Ziad

Born Tabouk, Saudi Arabia, 1979

Mater studied medicine and surgery in Abha, Saudi Arabia. In 1995 he followed a course on drawing and Photography at the Al-Miftaha Art Village, King Fahad Cultural Centre, Abha, which he joined in 1998. His work, comprising drawings, paintings and photographs, has been exhibited in a number of solo and group exhibitions in Saudi Arabia. He has received several awards, among them the Abna Cultural Prize for Photography, 2001, and first place in the King Khalid University contest in drawing, 2004. Mater is the founder of the Al-Miftaha cultural magazine, 2001, and instigator of a large number of art initiatives in Saudi Arabia.