Taking inspiration from an image buffet of MiZa and other materials, participants are invited to create images and create motifs and meaning-make to later print and make their own lino-prints following a demo by artist Diego Mendoza where he will explain and offer his own artistic practice and how he explores the image and draws out a motif or pattern into print.

Participants will explore the art of lino-cutting and printing and will be able to print their own motifs and glitch them. 

Language: English

60 AED

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Instructor Bio

Diego Mendoza (b. 1988, Mexico City) is an artist and an educator with a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar & and an MA in Educational Leadership from Framingham State University, USA. He has also been working in education for youth since 2015, teaching art history, visual arts, literature and philosophy in Mexico, Indonesia, Tanzania and the UAE. His expertise and interest in knowledge-exchange has led to several printmaking workshops and courses covering a wide range of techniques, from relief printing to RISO printing. 

Diego’s practice explores human iconography that transcends cultural and historical boundaries, focusing on how masculinity is constructed, performed, and visualized. His ongoing research traces representations of male power and violence as a mode to unpack the impact of socio-cultural baggage on himself. He was part of the 11th cohort of the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Emerging Artist Fellowship and his work has been exhibited in the UAE and the US. He is the creative lead of Full Special Studio, the first risograph commercial studio in the UAE that champions and supports locally and regionally based creatives.