Abdullah Rashed AlSahli ARC

This interactive book features a unique selection of artworks, written essays and interviews by an remarkable Saudi new media artist, Abdullah Rashed AlSahli, famously known in the virtual space as ARC.

Born with a rare neuromuscular disorder called SMA that largely shaped his life and his art practices in an exciting way, Abdullah AlSahli found in digital art a passion and a means to escape his harsh reality. Despite suffering from this progressive disease that results in the loss of motor neurons, hindering motor skills, dexterity, and movement, Abdullah creates refined, intricate and calculatingly detailed art pieces that defy physics and are whimsical in nature. Inspired by his own experience as an artist with disability, Abdullah AlSahli also founded Art Without Limits (AWL), a studio focusing on empowering artists with disabilities to unlock their full artistic potential. By shedding light on his life, work and story, ARC's monograph provides an inspirational insight into the practice, methodologies and philosophies of a successful and popular artist who has sold more than 333 pieces in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

ARC's monograph is a testimony of dedication and perseverance, and an illustration of the opportunities and new paths that digital art can create.