Artist Profile
Alymamah Rashed
Kuwaiti visual artist
Alymamah Rashed is a Kuwaiti visual artist who explores topics of identity and the natural environment through the story of her body, fluctuating between perspectives of the east and west. Her work negotiates her female subjectivity in relation to regional folklore, the banal objects she encounters everyday, and her local botanical finds. Alymamah received her MFA in Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design in 2019 and her BFA in Fine Arts at The School of Visual Arts in 2016. She participated in various exhibitions in New York City including the Czech Center, Parsol Projects, and The New School. She is a recipient of the Masters Scholarship and the Merit Scholarship program by the Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education.