"Abdullah Al Shaikh expresses the tragedy of a declining era in which the Arab man is exposed to the hegemony of a civilization imported from the West.
He reacts against this technological aggression by repositioning art within its human and social basis.
His paintings show powerless and wounded souls and bodies, which are nonetheless illuminated with the power of inner truth."

• Born in Saudi Arabia in 1936.
• Graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad, 1959.
• Graduate of Essex College of Technology, England, 1965.
• Two-year training in Printing and Design, Manchester, 1965-1967.
• Chairman of the Design Department at the Royal Printing House, Al Jubail.

Group Exhibitions

• Most art exhibitions held by the Youth Welfare Ministry and the Saudi Society for Art and Culture in Riyadh and Al-Dammam since 1981.
• Saudi Arabia Yesterday and Today, Washington, Paris, London, Rome, Cairo.
• Kuwait Art Exhibitions 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996.
• Participated in various International Art Biennales,1990-1996.
• Gulf Cooperation Council Art Exhibition, Riyadh, 1989; Doha, 1992; Sharjah, 1994; Kuwait, 1996; Rome, 1996.
• Europ'Art, Geneva, 2000 (Sponsored by Al Mansouria Foundation).

Solo Exhibitions

• Le Méridien Hotel, Al Khobar, 1982.
• Hyatt Regency Hotel, Riyadh, 1983.
• Arab Heritage Exhibition Hall, Al Khobar, 1983, 1985.
• Al Jubail Recreation Center, Al Jubail, 1986.
• The House of Artists' Gallery, Jeddah, 1996.
• Rochan Gallery, Jeddah, 1996.

Awards

His work has been awarded a number of top prizes at Middle Eastern art exhibitions.

Commissions & Public collections

• King Khaled Airport, Riyadh.
• King Fahd Airport, Dhahran.
• Ministry of Interior, Riyadh.
• Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Riyadh.
• Aramco, Dhahran.
• Sadaf Company, Al Jubail.
• Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Khafji.
• Saudi Airlines, Jeddah.