About The Artist
Farwa Moledina is a Muslim artist of Yemeni-Tanzanian heritage. She was raised in Dubai and currently lives and works in the UK.
Using imagery from art history, architecture and her own culture and lived experience, she creates patterns that often take the form of large installations which explore faith, family, and the histories of Muslim Women. The patterns she designs are inspired by characteristics of Islamic Design, such as those of recurrence, symmetry and abstraction.
Currently, she is interested in how the western historical art narrative portrays the Muslim woman, and whether this has impacted how Muslim women are viewed in the contemporary world.
She has exhibited widely within the UK including at Ikon Gallery, the Midlands Art Centre, and the New Art Gallery Walsall. Internationally, she has shown in Lahore as part of a collateral exhibition for the Lahore Biennale and at Warehouse421 in Abu Dhabi. Currently, Moledina has a solo show on at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum in Cheltenham. Her upcoming exhibitions include a group show Threads at Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol this summer.
Her work has been acquired by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall and private collectors.
Farwa Moledina is a Muslim artist of Yemeni-Tanzanian heritage. She was raised in Dubai and currently lives and works in the UK.
Using imagery from art history, architecture and her own culture and lived experience, she creates patterns that often take the form of large installations which explore faith, family, and the histories of Muslim Women. The patterns she designs are inspired by characteristics of Islamic Design, such as those of recurrence, symmetry and abstraction.
Currently, she is interested in how the western historical art narrative portrays the Muslim woman, and whether this has impacted how Muslim women are viewed in the contemporary world.
She has exhibited widely within the UK including at Ikon Gallery, the Midlands Art Centre, and the New Art Gallery Walsall. Internationally, she has shown in Lahore as part of a collateral exhibition for the Lahore Biennale and at Warehouse421 in Abu Dhabi. Currently, Moledina has a solo show on at The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum in Cheltenham. Her upcoming exhibitions include a group show Threads at Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol this summer.
Her work has been acquired by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The New Art Gallery Walsall and private collectors.