Press

Book

2024

An Unstoppable Force: The Art of ARC

My first monograph, in the Diriyah Art Futures series. Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia, with Skira. Hardback, 120 pages, with texts by Ahmed Hassan and Arthur Steiner. Listed in shops as “Abdullah Rashed AlSahli: ARC”. ISBN 978-88-572-5012-0.

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Exhibitions and auctions

• 21 Apr 2025

  Maknana: An Archaeology of New Media Art in the Arab World

  Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh. Curated by Haytham Nawar and Ala Younis. Group show, 21 April to 19 July 2025.

  Canvase-fluxAl-Monitor
• 24 Mar 2023

  Natively Digital: Oddly Satisfying

  Sotheby's, Paris. Auction. Lots 3, 4 and 5: The International Symbol of Access, Heavy Swing, Weight Waves.

• 29 Oct 2021

  Beginnings²

  Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Curated by George Fifield. Group show, 29 October to 19 December 2021, with Harold Cohen, Manfred Mohr, Frieder Nake and others.

Talks

• 25 Mar 2022

  NFT in America

  Montalbán Theater, Hollywood. Presented by my sister Najd, since I couldn't travel.

• 2 Dec 2021

  Creativity Starts from Within

  Google, online. With other creatives with disabilities.

On video

• 27 Sep 2020

  We Compete to Make the Most SATISFYING CGi

  Corridor Crew. My work is one of the references in the episode.

• 30 May 2021

  We Compete to Make the Most SATISFYING CGi #2

  Corridor Crew. About two seconds, at 1:30.

Written about me

• 13 Apr 2025

  More than 40 Arab artists explore new media in Diriyah exhibition

  Arab News. Names ARC (Abdullah Rashed) among the Saudi artists in Maknana.

• 4 Aug 2023

  Virtual artspace opens new worlds for disabled artists

  Arab News. On Art Without Limits, with Najd.

• 25 May 2022

  A New Look at Art in a Whole New Way

  Dolce Luxury Magazine.

• 21 Apr 2021

  Why Are Oddly Satisfying Videos Trending In the World of Crypto Art?

  Domestika.

• 30 Mar 2021

  Hypnotic loops and self-soothing sounds: the rise of #OddlySatisfying and visual ASMR

  The Guardian.

• 4 Mar 2021

  NFTs, the digital bits of anything that sell for millions of dollars, explained

  Vox. Terry Nguyen.

• 28 Nov 2020

  DeFi Arts Intelligencer, November 28

  Substack. William M. Peaster. On the RAC collaboration.

Interviews

• 7 Mar 2021

  arc4g interview

  Nifty Syndicate.

• 24 Dec 2020

  Exclusive interview with ARC

  minty.art newsletter #16.

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