Figurative drawings in compressed charcoal, written in a language of gestures.

Rashad Al-Karooni is a London artist working in compressed charcoal. His approach is abstract and figurative, made of geometric and bold forms: each figure is built from arcs, planes and repeated sections, so it reads as both movement and structure.

He has collaborated with Richard Mille, Editions Cercle d'Art, Liberty London, SHOWstudio and Nick Knight CBE, drawing the womenswear shows live as resident illustrator at Paris Fashion Week for SHOWstudio. His work has been published by Abrams and Editions Cercle d'Art, and featured in New York Times Style and JANE Magazine. Three of his works were acquired for the Milano Suite at The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas.

Every print here is made from a high-resolution scan of the original drawing on paper. Some drawings are offered up to A2 and others up to A3: each size is sold only if the scan prints it sharply.

Clients and collaborations

Record

Exhibitions: 2026 Drawn to Style: Icons to Innovators. SHOWstudio and grayMCA, Ebury Street, London; 2026 Constructive Reasoning. SHOWstudio, Ebury Street, London; 2025 Elegance in Refusal. Bleur Arts, London Fashion Week; 2025 Drawing Humans II. Group exhibition, Chancery Lane, London; 2024 Drawing Humans. Group exhibition, Chancery Lane, London
Collections: 2026 The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas. Three works acquired for the Milano Suite
Commissions and collaborations: 2025-26 Richard Mille: Hereme Chronicles III. Original motifs and abstract figures for the chapter The Dance, published by Editions Cercle d'Art; 2024 Liberty London and SHOWstudio. R. Al-Karooni collaboration; 2023 Batch and FIDA silk scarf. Winning design, produced in heavy silk twill; 2023 Drawing Daphne, SHOWstudio and Nick Knight CBE. Contributing illustrator to a music video for the musician Daphne Guinness, and its exhibition; 2022 Paris Fashion Week SS23, SHOWstudio and Nick Knight CBE. Resident illustrator, drawing the womenswear shows live
Publications: 2026 Hereme Chronicles III. Richard Mille and Editions Cercle d'Art; 2023 CBK: A Life in Fashion. Abrams, contributing illustrator; 2023 JANE Magazine, Issue Thirteen. Featured artwork
Awards: 2023 First prize, Batch and FIDA Scarf Design Competition; 2023 Shortlisted, FIDA Fashion Illustration Design Awards, Multi-Disciplinary category

Printing and delivery

Prints are made to order by our printing partner in the UK, on matte paper, as posters, wooden framed prints or canvas. UK delivery is added at checkout, once per order: £4.95 for a poster, £6.95 for an A4 or A3 framed print, £9.95 for an A2 or A1 framed print, £8.95 for a canvas. Every order is checked by the studio before it goes to print.

Rashad Al-Karooni is a trading name of RA ARC Ltd.