A Saudi visual artist and professional calligrapher, writer and researcher in the philosophy of the Arabic letter, and an international arbitrator in the arts of Arabic calligraphy. He was born and raised in the city of Riyadh in 1962 AD. He became attached to the Arabs, their language, and the Arabic letter since the age of ten. Since then, he has been researching their secrets, aesthetics, and their connection to the arts.
He participated in many group exhibitions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad. His works have been exhibited at Art Dubai, Art Abu Dhabi, the Shanghai National Museum and Beirut. He also participated in the UNESCO exhibition in Paris in 2019. He was honored in 2019 as one of the pioneers of Saudi plastic arts by the Misk Arts Foundation, affiliated with the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Foundation. He was chosen as one of the members of the international jury participating in the Sharjah Biennial of Arabic Calligraphy in 2022. He held fifteen personal exhibitions.
Critic Dr. Hakim Abbas says about Al-Ajlan’s style: He builds his artistic work with a combination of: literature (poetry specifically), his deep knowledge of Arabic calligraphy, and his practice of typing the letter within and outside the laws of calligraphy.
It takes the letter itself and removes it from the laws of calculations, proportions, and form templates in the art of calligraphy, so that it becomes under the influence of ebb and flow, rotation, interlocking, overlapping, and composition, so the letter turns into a dynamism that pushes it to permeate the blocks and lines, obedient to the color that it wears in any guise it wants to employ.
What distinguishes Al-Ajlan’s works is this intertwining and intertwining between letters and free blocks, a magical, living, moving intertwining that continues to infinity.
He has several holdings in Europe, America, Australia, Africa, and the Arab Gulf states, and within the Kingdom, owned by many of their highnesses princes, princesses, ministers, businessmen, and intellectuals.
Official bodies, including: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Culture, and the Royal Commission for Jubail where The King Abdulaziz and His Men Foundation, the office of His Highness the Crown Prince in Jeddah, and some banks, companies and hotels in the Kingdom.
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Personal exhibitions
The first exhibition: The Seven Pendants and the Arabic Calligraphy Pendants 1995 - Intercontinental Hotel
The second exhibition: Passion is a glorious letter, 2012 - Abstraction Gallery
The third exhibition: Symbols 2013 - Lam Art Gallery
Fourth exhibition: Park Gallery Exhibition 2013 - Park Art Gallery - London
Fifth exhibition: Al-Saba Al-Ratab 2016 AD - Abstraction Gallery
Sixth Exhibition: The Crusty of Arabs 2017 AD - Abstraction Gallery
The seventh exhibition: Al-Wariqat 2019 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Gallery
The eighth exhibition: It's Now 2019 - Al-Sabaa Al-Ratab Gallery
The ninth exhibition: Who Are 2019 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Gallery
The tenth exhibition: Suraqa 2020 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Gallery
The eleventh exhibition: Artboun Crafts 2021 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Gallery
The twelfth exhibition: Al-Buraq 2021 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Gallery
The Thirteenth Exhibition: Seven of Peace 2021 AD - Seven of Wet Hall
The fourteenth exhibition: Tughra 2021 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Gallery
The fifteenth exhibition: Al-Sabaa Al-Mhalla 2022 - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Gallery
Joint bilateral exhibitions
The first joint exhibition with the artist Khaled Al Owais, entitled Oh Rose Sellers. 2020 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Hall
The second joint exhibition with the artist Khaled Al Owais, entitled Luqman’s Wall. 2021 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Hall
The third joint joint exhibition with the artist Khaled Al Owais, entitled For Something. 2022 AD - Al-Sabaa Al-Rateb Hall
