Biography
Alymamah Rashed is a Kuwaiti visual artist whose practice is rooted in spiritualism, exploring how the body can occupy its surrounding environment and how it can also inhabit itself across different points in time—past, present, and future.

In her work, the body multiplies and reemerges with each piece, creating new presences in collaboration with the natural world, from seashells and botanical finds to tactile landscapes and signifiers within Kuwait and through her travels. Her practice also negotiates female subjectivity in relation to regional folklore and everyday objects, fluctuating between perspectives of the east and west.

 

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 has exhibited internationally in Paris, Spain, Dubai, and beyond, with presentations at major fairs including Art Dubai (various years), Abu Dhabi Art, Art Paris, and MENA Art. In 2025, she collaborated with Christian Dior on the prestigious Lady Dior Art Project and with Piaget for Art Dubai. She is a recipient of the Masters Scholarship and the Merit Scholarship program by the Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education, and a fellow of the Professional Development Initiative Program sponsored by the National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce, Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education, Embassy of Kuwait, and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. Alymamah’s work has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Vogue Arabia, Architectural Digest, Farfetch, The Visionary Project, and other international platforms.

Works
  • Alymamah Rashed, I Asked Your Magenta Waters to Press the Stillness of Their Essence Against Mine (You’re Not Under My Find — You’re Already Within My روح), 2025
    I Asked Your Magenta Waters to Press the Stillness of Their Essence Against Mine (You’re Not Under My Find — You’re Already Within My روح), 2025
  • Alymamah Rashed, You Dance Inside My Chest Where No One Sees You (Only One Breath Will Fill the Ocean), 2025
    You Dance Inside My Chest Where No One Sees You (Only One Breath Will Fill the Ocean), 2025
  • Alymamah Rashed, I Found You On My Moutain Top (Your Love Lays Above My Chest), 2025
    I Found You On My Moutain Top (Your Love Lays Above My Chest), 2025
  • Alymamah Rashed, I ROSE OUT OF EARTH TO LOSE YOUR PRAISE (I LONG FOR YOU), 2021
    I ROSE OUT OF EARTH TO LOSE YOUR PRAISE (I LONG FOR YOU), 2021
  • Alymamah Rashed, Hold On to Your Fronds to Lose Yourself in My Love (I Want to Live Forever), 2022
    Hold On to Your Fronds to Lose Yourself in My Love (I Want to Live Forever), 2022
  • Alymamah Rashed, Maqām Al-Hāl, 2019
    Maqām Al-Hāl, 2019
  • Alymamah Rashed, Will You Meet Me Beneath Your Shores? (Your Heart Knows Its Way To Mine), 2023
    Will You Meet Me Beneath Your Shores? (Your Heart Knows Its Way To Mine), 2023
  • Alymamah Rashed, I choose to carry you above my body (settle in my soul) , 2023
    I choose to carry you above my body (settle in my soul) , 2023
  • Alymamah Rashed, I Stand on the Rocks of my Mountain River to See Beyond You (Will You Meet Me There?), 2024
    I Stand on the Rocks of my Mountain River to See Beyond You (Will You Meet Me There?), 2024
  • Alymamah Rashed, The Oak Tree Sings At Night (I Meet You Again And Again), 2025
    The Oak Tree Sings At Night (I Meet You Again And Again), 2025
  • Alymamah Rashed, I Am Your Iris (Hold My Autumnal Lullabies One by One), 2025
    I Am Your Iris (Hold My Autumnal Lullabies One by One), 2025
  • Alymamah Rashed, Your Collections Will Bury The Sorrows of My Past (My Forest Will Grow For A Lifetime),, 2024
    Your Collections Will Bury The Sorrows of My Past (My Forest Will Grow For A Lifetime),, 2024
  • Alymamah Rashed, I Grow My Trunk To Shed My Fronds For You (Devour My Dates One By One), 2024
    I Grow My Trunk To Shed My Fronds For You (Devour My Dates One By One), 2024
  • Alymamah Rashed, Two fronds danced in the house of lovers (the earth breaks open to hold their remembrance elsewhere) , 2025
    Two fronds danced in the house of lovers (the earth breaks open to hold their remembrance elsewhere) , 2025
  • Alymamah Rashed, I Am The Circle Of Your Sky And An Angel In Flight (You are the wings of my sujood), 2023
    I Am The Circle Of Your Sky And An Angel In Flight (You are the wings of my sujood), 2023
Exhibitions
Art Fairs
Essays and Publications
Press
Installation shots