SOPHIA AL-MARIA
Qatari-American, b.1983
Sophia Al-Maria is a Qatari-American artist, writer and filmmaker whose multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, sculpture, video, performance, and experimental film. Grounded in storytelling, myth, and speculative fiction, her work examines histories of colonialism, technology, ecological change, and the contemporary Gulf.
Al-Maria participated in the 59th Venice Biennale (2022) with Tiger Strike Red, a special project presented by La Biennale di Venezia and the Victoria and Albert Museum, and returned for the 61st Venice Biennale (2026) as part of Qatar’s participation. Recent solo exhibitions include Spike Island, Bristol (2024); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2023); Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha (2022); Tate Britain, London (2019),and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2016). She lives and works in London.
