Afra Salman Al Suwaidi, Emirati born in 1992. She specialized in fine arts and received a BA Degree from Zayed University in 2016. Al Suwaidi participated in several shows locally and internationally. In 2015  she participated in the Rochester Contemporary Art Center New York and the Lessedra World Art Print Annual Exhibition in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2017  she participated in Imago Mundi in Treviso, Italy. And in most recently she participated in Abu Dhabi Art’s first exhibition abroad Beyond: emerging artists program In London in Cromwell Place.

Locally Afra presented her work in the Art Exhibition in  Alliance Française Abu Dhabi and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi: Do Art Do It  Now, Manarat Al Saadiyat in 2017. In 2018, she participated in the 35th  Annual Exhibition of the Emirates Fine Arts Society in Sharjah, UAE. In  2020, she participated in the Cultural Foundation Art Residency. Al  Suwaidi participated in Engage 101 “Outside in, Inside out” in Bait15  Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi art “Beyond: Emerging Artists” in Manarat Al  Saadiyat. Work in progress show by Bleep in Aisha Alabbar Art Gallery,  Dubai. In 2021, she exhibited in Art Space, a collaboration between The  Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi and ALDAR properties. Most recently she participated in the 37th  Annual Exhibition of the  Emirates Fine Arts Society in Sharjah, UAE.  

Afra Al Suwaidi is a recipient of the Cultural Foundation Art Residency 2020.