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About Raisa

Raisa Mariam Rajan is a Guinness World Record Holder, architect, entrepreneur, and artist living in Dubai. Raisa is one of the first proponents of sustainable art in the UAE. Being an advocate of sustainability, Raisa has been significant in spreading awareness in fields of art and business alike. Her sustainable art has been exhibited on prestigious platforms like COP28, UNESCO Heritage Site in Italy and Spain, the Cannes Art Biennale during the Cannes Film Festival, the Qatar International Art Festival, and many more. Raisa has proven her proficiency in creating giant art projects, which include jumbo art – JAWHARA, the 51 m long painting project in Abu Dhabi, and her rope artworks at COP28. Raisa's expertise as an architect has been instrumental in creating huge artworks picturizing natural structures across the world.

Raisa won the Women 2023 Award in the field of art and culture in UAE. Raisa has been vocal about sustainable solutions in life and art on many national and international platforms as a panelist and has her sustainable art in the permanent colection of ADNOC, The Indian Embassy UAE, and other renowned institutions. Raisa's artworks have been exhibited in countries including Singapore, France, Italy, Spain, Montenegro, Azerbaijan and Qatar. Raisa took her mission to bring awareness of sustainability to another level by representing UAE's Year of Sustainability at the Cannes Art Biennale. She considers art as a powerful tool to connect the human mind with the multiple layers of universal energy which essentialy manifests in nature in myriad forms. The architect in her knows that there is geometry in every structure in this world and the artist in her finds life in that geometry which needs to be preserved for posterity. Explore the extraordinary world of Raisa Mariam Rajan - an award-winning artist, architect, and sustainability activist with a unique vision to connect art, nature, and human consciousness by influencing society through her hold. Her art is a powerful expression of emotions, blending traditional and contemporary styles with sustainable materials to create thought-provoking works that resonate with the soul.

TO SURVIVE IS TO SUSTAIN

Raisa’s life and art took a new turn when her research in the creative field revealed a whole new world of sustainable possibilities in art. Raisa travelled across the world in search of new techniques and mediums that could create sustainable art. She learned various techniques, both traditional and modern, for creating sustainable art products. Incorporating these materials, she created her first- ever sustainable art piece, which immediately captured the eyes of art lovers across UAE. Raisa holds a Guinness World Record for “most nationalities in an art lesson, “ where she taught a lesson on sustainable art to 65 nationalities.

REFLECTION: THE FEMININE WITHIN

Raisa is selected to represent UAE’s Year of Sustainability 2023 along with her artwork named “REFLECTION” at Contemporary Art Cannes Biennale during the Cannes film festival 2023 as she is one of the first to advocate sustainability in the field of art and facilities management in UAE.