Filwa Nazer

Born 1972. Swansea, United Kingdom

Lives and works Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Filwa Nazer is a Saudi multi-media artist. She lives and works in Jeddah.

Nazer began her creative journey as a fashion designer and graduated from Milan’s Marangoni school of Fashion and design. Her practice ranges from digital print, collage, textile to appropriation of photography and centers around questioning the emotional and psychological identity in relation to spatial and social contexts.

In her recent practice the artist employed textiles and sewing techniques as a medium to explore relationships between our bodies & the spaces we occupy, thus unveiling an intimate experimental process that reflects the tensions inherent in both.

Filwa participated in several exhibitions which include: State of Fashion Biennale, Holland (2024), DESERT X, Al Ula (2024), Perceptible Rhythms, Alternative temporalities at Middle east Institute Washington (2022), La Biennale de Lyon, France (2022), Diriyah Biennale (2021), Saudi Modern, Jeddah (2021).

THE HOUSED BODY

FILWA NAZER SOLO EXHIBITION

10 October - 6 November 2025

Filwa Nazer BIO Born 1972. Swansea, United Kingdom Lives and works Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Nazer began her creative journey as a fashion designer and graduated from Milan’s Marangoni school of Fashion and design. Her work revolves around exploring emotional and psychological identity within spatial and social contexts. The multidisciplinary visual...

Filwa Nazer

Mona Saudi & Filwa Nazer | Discover Arab Artists – The Misk Art Library Podcast

16 October 2025

By afikra This episode of The Misk Art Library Podcast reflects on the work of Filwa Nazer and Mona Saudi. Nazer reflects on her own textile-based practice, her early inspirations, and the process of documenting her first monograph, while Myrna Ayad speaks about Mona Saudi’s resilient career and her profound connection to stone as a living material. Together they consider themes of motherhood, politics, and community, as well as the importance of publications in documenting artistic legacies. Their work is featured in the Misk Art Library volumes Filwa Nazer: Embodied Spaces and Mona Saudi: Formations, available in English and Arabic.

Filwa Nazer: Design Doha Biennale

1 March 2024

Filwa Nazer presents ' Al Kandara Conversation', two mesh screens featuring hand embroidery, polyester crin and cotton, currently showing Design Doha Biennial Arab Design Now...