Press
Shows, the book, talks, and things written about me. For a bio you can paste, see About. For pictures or files, email [email protected].
Book
- 2024
Abdullah Rashed AlSahli: ARC
My first monograph, in the Diriyah Art Futures series. Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia, with Skira. Hardback, 120 pages, with texts by Ahmed Hassan and Arthur Steiner. ISBN 978-88-572-5012-0.
Thames & HudsonBarnes & NobleAmazon
Exhibitions and auctions
- 21 Apr 2025
Maknana: An Archaeology of New Media Art in the Arab World
Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh. Curated by Haytham Nawar and Ala Younis. Group show, 21 April to 19 July 2025.
Canvase-fluxAl-Monitor - 24 Mar 2023
Natively Digital: Oddly Satisfying
Sotheby's, Paris. Auction. Lots 3, 4 and 5: The International Symbol of Access, Heavy Swing, Weight Waves.
- 29 Oct 2021
Beginnings²
Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Curated by George Fifield. Group show, 29 October to 19 December 2021, with Harold Cohen, Manfred Mohr, Frieder Nake and others.
Talks
- 25 Mar 2022
NFT in America
Montalbán Theater, Hollywood. Presented by my sister Najd, since I couldn't travel.
- 2 Dec 2021
Creativity Starts from Within
Google, online. With other creatives with disabilities.
On video
- 27 Sep 2020
We Compete to Make the Most SATISFYING CGi
Corridor Crew. My work is one of the references in the episode.
- 30 May 2021
We Compete to Make the Most SATISFYING CGi #2
Corridor Crew. About two seconds, at 1:30.
Written about me
- 13 Apr 2025
More than 40 Arab artists explore new media in Diriyah exhibition
Arab News. Names ARC (Abdullah Rashed) among the Saudi artists in Maknana.
- 4 Aug 2023
Virtual artspace opens new worlds for disabled artists
Arab News. On Art Without Limits, with Najd.
- 25 May 2022
A New Look at Art in a Whole New Way
Dolce Luxury Magazine.
- 21 Apr 2021
- 30 Mar 2021
- 4 Mar 2021
- 28 Nov 2020
DeFi Arts Intelligencer, November 28
Substack. William M. Peaster. On the RAC collaboration.
Interviews
- 7 Mar 2021
arc4g interview
Nifty Syndicate.
- 24 Dec 2020
Exclusive interview with ARC
minty.art newsletter #16.
Where most people saw it
Before any of the above, the loops spread on Reddit (1,287,836 upvotes across my posts), Twitter, and Steam Workshop, where people have subscribed to my Wallpaper Engine backgrounds 257,460 times. Some of what they said is on the comments page.