"Taha Al Sabban is obsessed with the fear of witnessing the engulfing of old cities by superimposed modern structures.
He stands among the first Arab artists to transcend the vision of the traditional city by exploding its elements into vertical ascending movements, attemping to preserve and revive its soul and memory."

• Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1948.
• Founding Chairman of the House of Artists, Jeddah 1992-1994.
• Chairman of the Graphic Arts Section of the Saudi Society for Culture and Arts, 1992.
• Member of the Egyptian Photographer's Association.

Group Exhibitions

• International Arts Biennales, 1970-1996.
• Contemporary Saudi Art Exhibition, India, 1984.
• Bank of Riyadh Exhibition, London, 1985, 1994.
• Saudi Art Exhibition, Cairo, 1989, 1998.
• National Day Exhibition, Madrid, 1997.
• Saudi Art Exhibition, Lebanon, 1999.
• "25th of February" Art Exhibition, Kuwait, 1999.
• Saudi and Arab Arts and Heritage, Italy, 1999.
• Saudi Artistic Heritage Exhibition, Czech Republic.
• Europ'Art, Geneva, 2000 (Sponsored by Al Mansouria Foundation).

Solo Exhibitions

• Thompson Foundation College, Colchester, England, 1975.
• Arab Students' Club, Glasgow, Scotland, 1976.
• The House of Artists' Gallery, Jeddah, 1993.

Awards

Awarded a number of prizes by the Saudi Youth and Welfare Ministry, Riyadh, as well as prizes in foreign exhibitions.

Commissions & Public collections

• National Guard, Abhur (45 x 3,5 meter mural).
• Jeddah (32 x 3 meter mural).
• Prince Sultan Street, Jeddah (16 x 3 meter mural).
• King Abdel Aziz Airport, Jeddah.
• King Khaled Airport, Riyadh.
• King Fahd Airport, Dharan.