Expertise: Freelance Photographer, Painter, Human Rights, Women’s Rights

Languages: Fluent in Arabic and English

Bio:  Asiya Al-Sharabi (@asiyaartstudio)  a Yemeni artist, based in U.S. She started as a photojournalist in Yemen before shifting to Art.  In her work She uses a self-developed technique (photography and painting) that expresses and focuses not only on aesthetics, but also on the underlying struggles of women surrounded by the world. Her work questions the effect of culture and religion on female identity, and brings both personal and political perspectives to her art, which illuminates her experience becoming an immigrant in the U.S. In 2009-2010 she was selected as the first Yemeni women to represent Yemen at the British Council first Cultural Leadership International program. 

Asiya also was selected to attend the Beirut Art Residency in Lebanon-2016. And during her time at the residency, she organized a workshop with Syrian children in a refugee camp in Tripoli, documenting their dreams and aspirations.

Asiya's work challenges the story beyond each artwork she creates. As she observes immigrants and minorities from all walks of life are continuously having to reconcile new restrictions through targeted rhetoric and legislation. On a professional level, she continuously attempting to use her art as a way of commenting on these hardships.  Asiya's work has been exhibited in The Middle East, Europe, and The United States and has been featured in different magazines.

articles: 

Heritage Influences Artists’ Work

RVA #30: SLOW DEATH INSIDE, SLOW DEATH OUTSIDE: THE ART OF ASIYA AL-SHARABI

Before We Were Banned: Interview with Asiyah Alsharabi

artists respond to the one-year anniversary of trump's Muslim ban

One year after the first travel ban, artists from affected countries share their stories