Abdullah Rashed AlSahli
| Abdullah Rashed AlSahli | |
|---|---|
| Native name | عبدالله راشد السهلي |
| Born | 1996 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Other names | ARC |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Digital art, 3D animation |
| 🌐 Website | arc |
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Abdullah Rashed AlSahli (عبدالله راشد السهلي; born 1996), known as ARC, is a Saudi digital artist who makes short looping 3D animations.[1] His work has been exhibited at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery in the United States and at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh, and three of his works were offered at a Sotheby's auction in Paris in 2023.[2][3][4] A monograph on his work was published in 2024 by the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Skira.[5]
Life and career
AlSahli was born in Riyadh in 1996.[4][6][7] He began selling his work online in 2020, and by March 2021 had sold more than 270 pieces, according to Vox.[8]
From October to December 2021 his work was included in Beginnings², a group exhibition at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery curated by George Fifield, which paired recent digital art with early pen-plotter drawings by Harold Cohen, Manfred Mohr, Frieder Nake and others.[2]
In March 2023 three of his works, The International Symbol of Access, Heavy Swing and Weight Waves, were offered in Sotheby's Natively Digital: Oddly Satisfying sale in Paris.[4] The same year he and his sister, Najd AlSahli, launched Art Without Limits, a virtual studio that supports artists with disabilities through guides, articles and assistive tools.[1]
In 2024 the Ministry of Culture and Skira published his first monograph, An Unstoppable Force: The Art of ARC, in the Diriyah Art Futures series.[5] In 2025 he was among the more than 40 artists in Maknana: An Archaeology of New Media Art in the Arab World at Diriyah Art Futures, curated by Haytham Nawar and Ala Younis.[9][3]
Work
AlSahli's work consists mainly of short, looping 3D animations made in Blender.[2] He has described his main theme as "smooth, soothing looping animations" and his aim as making "something mesmerizing and pleasant to look at".[1] In 2021 The Guardian named him, as arc4g, among the digital artists regularly posting short "weirdly satisfying" loops on Instagram.[10] He has spinal muscular atrophy, and has said he chose digital art because it suited his condition; he works with assistive tools, some of which he built himself.[1]
Exhibitions
- 2021: Beginnings², Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Boston (group)[2]
- 2025: Maknana: An Archaeology of New Media Art in the Arab World, Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh (group)[9]
Publications
- An Unstoppable Force: The Art of ARC. Diriyah Art Futures. Skira; Ministry of Culture. 2024. ISBN 978-88-572-5012-0. Search this book on
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Alkhunaizi, Sulafa (4 August 2023). "Virtual artspace opens new worlds for disabled artists". Arab News. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Beginnings²". Boston Cyberarts. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Proctor, Rebecca Anne (17 April 2025). "'Maknana': Arab artists explore new media in Riyadh". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Natively Digital: Oddly Satisfying". Sotheby's. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "An Unstoppable Force. The art of ARC". Skira. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- ↑ "عبدالله راشد" [Abdullah Rashed]. Diriyah Art Futures (in العربية). Ministry of Culture.
- ↑ "About". ARC. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Nguyen, Terry (11 March 2021). "NFTs, the digital bits of anything that sell for millions of dollars, explained". Vox. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "More than 40 Arab artists to explore regional dialogue through digital expression". Arab News. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Watson, Meg (30 March 2021). "Hypnotic loops and self-soothing sounds: the rise of #OddlySatisfying and visual ASMR". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
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