About The Artist
Farwa Moledina's work highlights the conversation between faith, physical space and cultural experience. Drawing on cross-cultural influences including her own Yemeni-Tanzanian heritage, she is interested in confronting the absence of Muslim womens' histories in UK cultural spheres. Her work fosters nuanced perspectives on Islamic tradition and the portrayal of Muslim women in contemporary art through intimate explorations of motherhood and critiques of colonial and Orientalist mythologies.
Her works prominently feature recurring patterns influenced by characteristics of Islamic design: symmetry, abstraction, and recurrence. Often materialising as expansive textile-based installations suspended in space, framed compositions, or more recently, architectural spaces inspired by her Arab and Muslim heritage.
She has exhibited widely in the UK, including at Ikon Gallery, Arnolfini Arts, and Modern Art Oxford, and internationally during the Lahore Biennale and at 421 – a gallery space in Abu Dhabi. Her work has found a place in esteemed collections such as the Government Art Collection, The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall, and private art collectors.
Moledina was recently commissioned to create artwork for SD Projects in collaboration with Shahed Saleem, presented alongside Folkestone Triennial and will be showing a new work at MAC Birmingham in collaboration with Hospital Rooms in October 2025.
Farwa Moledina's work highlights the conversation between faith, physical space and cultural experience. Drawing on cross-cultural influences including her own Yemeni-Tanzanian heritage, she is interested in confronting the absence of Muslim womens' histories in UK cultural spheres. Her work fosters nuanced perspectives on Islamic tradition and the portrayal of Muslim women in contemporary art through intimate explorations of motherhood and critiques of colonial and Orientalist mythologies.
Her works prominently feature recurring patterns influenced by characteristics of Islamic design: symmetry, abstraction, and recurrence. Often materialising as expansive textile-based installations suspended in space, framed compositions, or more recently, architectural spaces inspired by her Arab and Muslim heritage.
She has exhibited widely in the UK, including at Ikon Gallery, Arnolfini Arts, and Modern Art Oxford, and internationally during the Lahore Biennale and at 421 – a gallery space in Abu Dhabi. Her work has found a place in esteemed collections such as the Government Art Collection, The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall, and private art collectors.
Moledina was recently commissioned to create artwork for SD Projects in collaboration with Shahed Saleem, presented alongside Folkestone Triennial and will be showing a new work at MAC Birmingham in collaboration with Hospital Rooms in October 2025.