Liverpool based illustrator, artist and curator

Sumuyya Khader (b. 1988, Liverpool) is an artist working in a multiplicity of ways within the sector. Collaborating with major institutions, projects, publishers, social enterprises and artist led groups. 

Her practice is a combination of illustration, painting & print works that predominantly explore place and identity. An artist of empowerment, both through the combinations of text and images in her work and also through the action she takes beyond her studio.

Her first solo show ‘Always Black, Never Blue’ opened at Bluecoat Liverpool in October 2021. Recent group exhibitions include Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting at Walker Art Gallery: a group show celebrating paintings by Liverpool artists, NAE Open 2022, Shifting Perspectives at Leeds Art Gallery and Conversations, 2024 at Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

She has recently curated the upcoming Walker Art Gallery exhibition ‘Conversations’ which celebrates the work of Black British women and non-binary artists

She hopes her art is an entry point into a wider conversation about community and life.