Alymamah Rashed is a Kuwaiti visual artist who explores topics of identity and the natural environment through the story of her body. Her work negotiates her female subjectivity in relation to regional folklore, the banal objects she encounters everyday, archaeological studies and Arab Mythology.
Alymamah Rashed 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. In 2021, she had a virtual solo exhibition with Gallery Bawa (Kuwait) and one solo exhibition with Tabari Artspace (UAE). In 2022, she was part of the group exhibition 'Pathways' organized by Hunna Art gallery in collaboration with Raffles The Palm (UAE) and will also be part of be part of the "Eyes Wide Shut" exhibition at Firetti Contemporary (Dubai, 2022). In 2023, Hunna Art exhibited her work at Menart Art Fair (Brussels), in the group show "Hunna / Elles" at Millon (Paris) and organized her fourth solo show, "Earth Can Be As Dead As it Can be Alive" at FIKAR (Failaka Island, Kuwait). In 2024, she was part of the group show "Boundless/Binding" at Subliminal Project (Los Angeles) and exhibited in Abu Dhabi Art Fair with BAWA Gallery, in collaboration with Hunna Art.
Alymamah Rashed is a recipient of the Masters Scholarship and the Merit Scholarship program by the Kuwait Ministry of Higher Education. She was also a fellow at 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. Her work has been featured in numerous magazines worldwide.