Live experienceThe Name Art Bar
Guests watch their names become individual works of Arabic calligraphy, created live and presented as keepsakes.
Arabic calligraphy · Art · Identity
Art is not just a taste, it's an identity
We customise our own spaces to make them personal. Let me help you make your event, organisation or home more meaningful.
TEDx speakerInternational speakerPublished research contributor
Verified speaking and research include
TEDxNewcastleUniversityUniversity of BahrainPeace research project
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Whether you are planning an event, collecting meaningful art or looking for a distinctive creative partner, start here.
Signature experiences
Give people something they will remember and take home.
Live experience
Keynote + demonstrationArt of Belonging
A human story about migration, home and dual identity, followed by a live demonstration of the QEII Script.
Premium activationThe Gallery Experience
A portable exhibition, keynote and live name art experience, creating an immersive cultural centrepiece for your event.
The curated collection
Made to live with.
A considered edit of works exploring love, faith, identity and belonging, prepared for museum-quality, on-demand fulfilment.
Love & belonging
God Loves a Variety
Fine-art print · multiple colourways
Love & belonging
Love Actually
Fine-art print
Sacred art
Kun · Be
Fine-art print
Coffee & conversation
Latte
Fine-art print
Art for brands, publications & spaces
License a work. Create something original.
Selected artwork and bilingual forms from Lord Richard's practice may be considered for defined creative collaborations, subject to rights and production review.
- Rights-managed artwork licensing
- Corporate and hospitality collections
- Bilingual identity and cultural commissions
Meet the artist
Between cultures. Beyond categories.
Lord Richard MacLeod is a British Muslim artist, researcher and speaker whose work explores the relationship between home, identity, faith and belonging.
He began his career in architecture and developed the QEII Script by bringing together Arabic Kufi and English Blackletter traditions. His speaking and research include an official TEDx talk, an international forum at the University of Bahrain and the published Peace project on dual identity.
Read Lord Richard's story2009Arabic calligraphy practice began
DubaiInternational exhibition proof point
MACFESTMuslim Arts Awards judge panel
TEDxSpeaker on exile, home and identity
UoBInternational forum speaker
PeacePublished dual-identity research
Art is not just a taste, it's an identity.Lord Richard MacLeod
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