Visual Art
Languages: Arabic, English
Shamma Almarzooqi is a textile artist and the founder of Soof Studio. Her practice translates cultural memory and lived experience into textile works, transforming inspiration into threads, textures, and hand-worked surfaces. Through material and process, her work explores identity and the evolving cultural landscape of the UAE.
Practice rooted in the intersection of material and cultural identity, using the slow, tactile process of textile-making as both method and meaning.
memory, cultural identity, material, texture, handwork, storytelling, tradition, experimentation
Works across punch needle and hooking, combining traditional textile approaches with modern experimental technique. Treats each piece as a narrative object built through repetition, material choice, and intentional process.