About
Saleh Alajmi is a Saudi contemporary artist and designer whose work explores the intersection of traditional Arabian craft and modern minimalism. Born in Riyadh in 1985, Alajmi studied fine art at King Saud University before pursuing a master's degree in spatial design at the Royal College of Art, London.
His practice spans painting, sculpture, furniture design, and architectural installations — united by a deep reverence for material, form, and the desert landscape that shaped his early imagination. Each piece begins as a meditation on memory: the texture of wind-carved sandstone, the geometry of Najdi architecture, the silence of empty quarters at dusk.
Alajmi's work has been exhibited at galleries and institutions across the Gulf, Europe, and North America, including the Venice Biennale Saudi Pavilion, Art Dubai, and the Smithsonian Institution. His furniture and object designs are held in private collections throughout the region.
"I believe that art should breathe — that every object we create carries within it the memory of the hands that shaped it and the landscape that inspired it. My work is not about decoration. It is about distillation: finding the essential gesture in a material, the quiet architecture of light and shadow, the conversation between ancient craft and contemporary thought."
SALEH ALAJMI
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Diryah, JAX
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia