Abdulaziz Yousef, Temsa7

A life in lines

1. Early years

   Social and political cartoons at Al Raya as Temsa7; illustration with the Qartoon team.

2. 2009

   Arabian Nights, solo exhibition.

3. 2013

   Al Koora with ROTA, later displayed at Hamad International Airport.

4. 2013–2017

   2D designer and storyboard illustrator, Al Jazeera Children’s Channel.

5. 2014

   Qatar Museums interview: a vision for Qatari-style comics taught across the GCC. Bronze Promax award.

6. 2017–2019

   Reconnecting Art, London (2017); LeBlockade and Re-Action at Ajyal; Escapism and Unlearning Maze at WISE (2019).

7. 2020

   Ya Hoota, co-directed and co-written with Latifa Al-Darwish, supported by the Doha Film Institute’s Qatari Film Fund: a girl and her cousin attempt to save the moon from a giant whale. Six international awards are recorded in the artist’s supplied biography. Participated in Ajyal’s Outbreak art exhibition in Msheireb.

8. 2021 · collaboration

   2021: first collaboration between Temsa7 and The Perfume Factory

   

9. 2021

   JedariArt public murals with Qatar Museums; Ya Hoota screened in DokuFest’s DokuKids programme. The festival archive lists 11 minutes, while the supplied biography describes a 10-minute short.

10. 2022

    People From The World at Flag Plaza for Qatar Tourism’s Posts of Qatar; Decode mural at Lagoona Mall; Najada Artists Studio Program; Family Reunion received third place at the Tammyoz Award (Dia Al Azzawi edition).

11. 2022–2023

    Fire Station Artist in Residence, AIR 7; featured artist at TEDx Vancouver (2023).

12. 2024

    Participated in a comics exhibition with seven Qatari artists at Al Jasrah Club.

13. 2026

    Diwan: Temsa7 × The Perfume Factory, Qatar National Day edition.

In the press

The works archive

temsa7art.com

From the artist’s own archive

His official biography describes a practice spanning animation, murals, multimedia, painting, graphic illustration and sculpture. His distinctive visual language explores unconscious expression. Alongside his own exhibitions, he has curated and co-curated LeBlockade and [re]action with the Doha Film Institute around Ajyal.