Salwa Abuljadayel is an artist and equestrian born and raised in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduation, she pursued a series of roles in events production with Live Nation Entertainment (Middle East). 

 

As an artist, she specializes in painting horses, portraits and the masks of life in watercolor, focusing on a perched black and white palette, taking inspiration from the ink paintings of the Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian.

 

In the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, she was a creative advisor on a short animated film Produced and Directed by her Mother, Suraya Al Shehry, and sister Nabila Abuljadayel ‘Prostate and Draw Near’ The short film was screened on Animation Day in Cannes, where it won the Animation that Matters award from Animaze. Abuljadayel is both a photographer and videographer who has worked as a journalist with Okaz Newspaper and Saudi Gazette covering the annual Hajj Season in the holy city of Makkah 2021/23.

 

In 2023, the artist graduated with an MA in History of Art and Archeology from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London. During her Master's studies in the UK, she began her journey as a professional Fencer in Épée, and is competing nationally. Abuljadayel is currently working with the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia since the inception of The Saudi Cup; the richest horse race in the world. She is a second-generation horse owner, carrying the legacy and silks of her late Father, Saeed Abuljadayel.