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Ahmed Mater (b. 1979, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi artist and physician.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/ahmed-mater )〕 His mediums are photography, calligraphy, painting, installation, performance and video. His work, which explores the narratives and aesthetics of Islamic culture and addresses consumerism and transformation in the region, has attracted an international audience.〔 In 2003, he cofounded "Edge of Arabia", an independent arts initiative dedicated to promoting the appreciation of contemporary Arab art and culture, with a focus on Saudi Arabia. ==Life and career== Ahmed Mater was born in 1979 in Tabuk in the north west of Saudi Arabia on the Jordanian border. He is the first child of Mater Ahmed Al-Ziad, a sergeant in the Saudi Arabian Army, and Fatimah Hassan Abdullah Aseeri, a calligrapher and painter of traditional Aseeri houses. Ahmed has two brothers, Bandar and Mohamed, and four sisters, Aicha, Jawaher, Jamila and Reem. In the 1990s Mater was given a studio space in Abha at the al-Meftaha artists' village. He splits his time between the Saudi Arabian cities of Abha, Jeddah and Makkah.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/ahmed-mater )〕 Mater's wife, Arwa Alneami, is also an artist. Together they run a salon and private studio in their home in Jeddah. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmed Mater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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