With her signature ICONBOOTH installation, world-renowned Dubai-based photographer, visual artist, and creative director Marta Lamovsek, captures the exuberance of Middle Eastern street life in the Emirates. The Central Saint Martins – University of Arts London alumnae works with photography, art direction, installation, film, and collage to celebrate the unrivaled grace of human vulnerability in Dubai’s most diverse locales. Marta’s mantra:

“It can be uncomfortable yet at the same time beautiful to connect with strangers.”

From her native Ljubljana to London’s high street, the self-taught Slovenian-born creative has worked with the world’s best for 20 years and has an extensive background in print publication. Her portfolio includes more than 70 titles, VICE UK, British Vogue, i-D Magazine, The Guardian UK, Le Monde France among them.

Marta has also collaborated on iconic visual art for book and album covers, in addition to her very first book, retrospective take on photography. Marta has also collaborated with prestigious fashion houses, Burberry, Dior, Tom Ford, as well as high-profile celebrities like Will Smith. Dame Vivienne Westwood, the doyenne of British fashion, so admired the ailurophile’s work that she became a regular client.

The 2010 UK’s 15 Most Talented Emerging Artist Award “Rising Star” nominee has also held installations at Art Dubai 2017 and 2018, group shows and POP-UPs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and a solo exhibition at Dubai Design District’s 2017 Blue Cave Urban Festival. Her most prominent pieces are currently on exhibit at the Alserkal Cultural Foundation in Al Bastakya, Dubai’s oldest standing neighborhood.

No matter the subject, Marta’s deep-rooted passion for life, cultural diversity—and cats—seeks to masterfully weave the beauty of soul and mastery of craft into an entirely new space for urban contemporary art. One that makes everyone a superstar… an icon.

For inquiries:
Email: lamovsek@gmail.com
Phone: +971.528.780.430

Alserkal Cultural Foundation Dubai 2018
Plastic Garden show at Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood - Bastakiya

THE CAVE Gallery / Dubai 2018
Installation at Wish Wish Show in The Cave Gallery at Dubai Design District

Art Dubai 2018 / Sikka 2018
Portraiture Installation - the launch of “ICONBOOTH” in Bastakya

Blue Cave Urban Art Festival 2017 Dubai Design District
SOLO Show Plastic Garden / Room Love Letters to Satwa