Meshal Al-Obaidallah is an artist, curator and film producer. He experiments with archiving narratives to face "collective amnesia” in Saudi Arabia.

Using cultural artifacts, he documents current issues and affairs in Saudi Arabia—and the Arab region. His practice centers around the question: Before it is forgotten, how can our ever-changing present-day culture be preserved?

His projects include Shimagh Series (2014–ongoing), acquired by Greenbox Museum, Amsterdam, and auctioned by ArteEast, New York and Al-Mansouria Foundation, Jiddah; ṣiyāḡah (2020), a year-long two-location exhibition at the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), Riyadh; FarewellArabia.com (2021–ongoing), commissioned by the Arab British Centre, London; and IMG_0220: Physical Preservations of a Once-Lost Internet Video (2023–ongoing), a traveling library installation that debuted in BIENALSUR at the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMoCA) at JAX, Diriyah.

Continuing to collaborate, his upcoming project, D.I.Y. (Do It, Yousef), is in partnership with Joseph Vadakkumchery, and supported by Culture Resource (Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy).