Hayfa Algwaiz (b. 1991) is an architect and painter based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
She has exhibited her work across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Her group exhibitions include: Athr Gallery (Riyadh, KSA), Hatch Gallery (Paris, FR), Thaer Select (Dubai, UAE), N.E.S.T Art Space (AlUla, KSA), Bait Shouaib (Jeddah, KSA), Ministry of Culture (Riyadh, KSA), Misk Art Institute (Riyadh, KSA), Naila Gallery (Riyadh, KSA), Al Riwaq Art Space (Manama, BAH), CCA Galleries (San Francisco and Oakland, USA), and Autodesk Gallery (San Francisco, USA).
She has been selected for artist residencies at POUSH (Paris, FR), Bait Shouaib with Athr Foundation (Jeddah, KSA), and Dot Ateliers (Accra, GHAN). Her work has been recognized through awards and programs including the Misk Art Grant in 2023 (Misk Art Institute) and the 8th edition of Young Saudi Artists (Athr Foundation).
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Group Exhibition:
2025 | The Lost Other : Poush, Paris, FR
2025 | Pop-up Exhibition : Hayati Diaries Art Collective & Nomadic Gallery, Paris, FR
2025 | Nausea : Thaer Select, Dubai, UAE
2025 | Every Morning, A Time : Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR
2025 | All Beautiful Things Are Fragile : Athr Gallery, Riyadh, KSA
2024 | Work in Progress : N.E.S.T Art space, Al-Ula, KSA
2024 | Moving Narratives : Bait Shouaib (Athr Foundation), Jeddah, KSA
2024 | Common Grounds : Ministry of Culture, Riyadh, KSA
2024 | Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Summer Exhibition : Misk Art Institute, Riyadh, KSA
2024 | Emerging Artists : Naila Gallery, Riyadh, KSA
2024 | The Nest: Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama, BAH
2023 | Tracing the Absent : Misk Art Institute, Riyadh, KSA
2023 | On Purpose : Athr Foundation, Riyadh, KSA
2015 | In Search of Emptiness and Wabi Sabi : CCA Galleries, San Francisco, USA
2015 | Iceland Travel Studio : CCA Galleries, Oakland, USA
2014 | Buoyant Ecologies : Autodesk Galleries at Pier 9, San Francisco, USA
Residencies:
Upcoming | Dot Ateliers, Accra, Ghana
2025 | Poush : Manifesto Middle East x Visual Arts Commission, Paris, FR
2024 | Bait Shouaib : Athr Foundation, Jeddah, KSA
Recognition:
2023 | Young Saudi Artists : 8th Edition, Athr Foundation
2023 | Misk Art Grant : Misk Art Institute
Workshops:
2024 | On Drawing and Spatial Perception : Bait Shouaib, Jeddah, KSA
2023 | Retracing Tradition, an Artist Majlis : Misk Art Institute, Riyadh, KSA
Architectural Experience:
2017 - 2013 | Min Design : Architectural Designer, San Francisco, CA
Recognition, Exhibition:
2023 | SF Design Week Award (Wild Card) : Hidden Room, San Francisco, CA
2023 | AISF Citation Award (Unbuilt Work) : Hidden Room, San Francisco, CA
2023 | Mission Rock Rooms : Garden Party, San Francisco, CA
2015 - 2021 | The Open Workshop : Architectural Designer, Multidisciplinary, San Francisco, CA
Recognition, Exhibition:
2021 | Commoning Domestic Space, Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
2019 | The Living Archive, Seoul Biennale for Architecture and Urbanism, Seoul, South Korea
2018 | Ways of Life, Experimenta Urbanam (co-event w/ Documenta 14), Kassel, Germany
2018 | Investigations in Collective Form, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016 | Impermanence, Architecture League Award at Parson’s Gallery, New York, New York
2016 | Malleable Monuments, Storefront Lab, San Francisco, CA