In Motion: Inside the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026
Aisha Zaman, Vogue Arabia
February 2026
Developed after her training in Korean ink painting, Abad’s series transforms studies of rice stalks into densely layered trapunto canvases, padded, stitched, and embellished into near-sculptural form. What begins as botanical reference gradually dissolves into saturated fields of line and colour. The works reflect a practice shaped by migration, where material experimentation becomes a language for negotiating movement and identity. […]