Alia Ali Art

Bosnian, American, b. 1985

Alia Ali ( عاليه علي ) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. A child of migrant linguists, Ali has traveled to sixty-seven countries, lived in and between seven, and grown up among five languages. Her migrations have led her to process the world through interactive experiences and the belief that the damage of translation and interpretation of written language has dis-served particular communities, resulting in the threat of their exclusion, rather than a means of understanding. As an artist who exists on the borders of identifying as West Asian, Eastern European, a United States citizen, queer, culturally Muslim yet spiritually independent, her work explores cultural binaries, challenges culturally sanctioned oppression, and confronts conflicted notions of gender, politics, media, and citizenship. Working between photography, video, and installation, Ali’s work addresses the politicization of the body, histories of colonization, imperialism, sexism, and racism through projects that take pattern and textile as their primary motif. Textile, in particular, has been a constant in Ali’s practice. Her strong belief that textile is significant to all of us, reminds us that we are born into it, we sleep in it, we eat on it, we define ourselves by it, we shield ourselves with it, and eventually, we die in it. While it unites us, it also divides us physically and symbolically. Her work broadens into immersive installations utilizing light, pattern, and textile to move past language and offer an expansive, experiential understanding of self, culture, and nation.

Alia Ali(al-that) الذات , Image 1, 2021

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(al-that) الذات , Image 1

By Alia Ali

Located in New Orleans, LA

Archival UV print on aluminum Dibond Edition of 6 + 2 AP Alia Ali ( عاليه علي ) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. A child of migrant linguists, Ali has traveled to sixty-se...

2010s Contemporary Alia Ali Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Alia AliIkat Ruby, 2021

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Ikat Ruby

By Alia Ali

Located in New Orleans, LA

Archival pigment print, mounted, UV laminated, frame upholstered by the artist in Wax Print Edition of 5 + 2 AP Alia Ali (Arabic: علي عاليه // Sabean: 𐩡𐩱𐩲𐩲𐩺𐩡𐩱𐩲) is a Yemeni-...

2010s Contemporary Alia Ali Art

Materials

Fabric, Archival Pigment

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