“Knowing we’re made from clay reminds me we’re all equal before Allah, it’s only our deeds that set us apart.” - Iram

British Pakistani Islamic calligraphy artist Iram explores faith through material and form, moving from biomedical sciences and medical writing back into a self-taught practice rooted in Qur’anic reflection.

Her work centres Islamic calligraphy, clay, and earthy materials to reflect on creation and return. In Islam Through My Eyes, she presents a ceramic vase inscribed with Qur’anic verses on human creation from clay, using circular composition to echo the cycle of life, death, and return to the earth.

The work holds space between identity, faith, and lived experience, opening reflection on tawhid, humility, and what it means to create as a Muslim artist in the West.

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Amina Patel is a contemporary art student and multidisciplinary artist whose practice is shaped by her faith, lived experience, and research-based engagement with Palestine.

Her work draws from field visits to Palestine and reflects a focus on preserved architecture, community life, and beauty alongside narratives of loss. Working through sculpture and mixed media, she builds from primary observation and personal reflection rather than singular visual traditions.

As the only Asian Muslim woman on her course, Amina also reflects on navigating microaggressions, visibility, and the expectation of representing an entire identity within academic spaces. Her practice resists limiting Islamic art to a single form, instead opening it to broader material and conceptual expression.

Through her work, she explores intention, kindness, and quiet action as forms of expression that communicate values such as compassion, justice, and reflection, offering audiences a way to encounter Islamic perspectives through art and lived experience.

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From anxiety to Islamic illumination, Zahirah Hafiz reflects on the journey behind her exhibition piece The Path. What began as mindless doodling during periods of severe anxiety has developed into a considered practice rooted in Islamic geometric pattern, illumination, and storytelling.

Her work traces a shift from mental overwhelm to intentional creation, where structure, pattern, and colour become tools for reflection. In The Path, a bold central route moves through an intricate background, symbolising qadr, tawakkul, and the unseen wisdom within closed doors and changing life chapters.

Through this conversation, Zahirah also reflects on being a Muslim artist in the West, navigating visibility, value, and the tension between cultural expectations and artistic practice, while holding onto a belief in detail, presence, and divine care.

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Talat Ahmed rediscovered art later in life, finding in it a way to reflect, remember, and connect. Her practice centres on Allah's names and attributes, and painting became a means of honouring her late mother while nurturing her own wellbeing. Her piece in this exhibition, Al-Baseer, reflects on the limits of her own sight alongside Allah's Name Al-Baseer, the All-Seeing and All-Noticing.

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Bradford-based artist and founder of Fayakunu, Kasim works across woodwork, pottery, and community teaching. His path moved through trade work, interior architecture and design at Coventry University, and back into Bradford where he established a studio rooted in local learning, making, and shared practice.

His work includes public sculpture in City Park (2023), reflecting migrant histories, the mills, and the layered identity of Bradford’s communities. Alongside this, his practice focuses on honest material use, exposed joinery, and natural finishes, drawing attention to structure, process, and care.

In Islam Through My Eyes, he presents furniture made using Mexican Parota wood, shaped with fine joinery and French polishing, influenced by low Japanese forms. The work reflects humility in scale and posture, and a return to grounded, intentional living through design.

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Can a minaret, a protest poster, and a pair of illustrated socks all become acts of dawah? Farah Girach’s practice explores how Islamic values are carried through graphic design, illustration, and the choices behind the work we choose to create.

Leicester-based designer Farah moved from a corporate learning and development role into freelance design after studying Graphic Communication at Birmingham City University. A turning point came when she stepped away from agency work that conflicted with her values, later deepened by redundancy in 2026, leading her toward a practice rooted in “design for good” and faith-led creative work.

Her projects include collaborations with Friends of Al Aqsa, Palestine solidarity cycling jerseys worn across the UK, and fundraising design work supporting humanitarian initiatives. Through these, her work becomes a form of visual activism, engaging with themes of justice, awareness, and global solidarity.

In Islam Through My Eyes, she presents an architectural piece centred on the Adhan and the minaret, woven with geometric structure and African-inspired motifs. The work reflects stillness, presence, and the grounding moment of prayer within everyday noise.

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@farahgraphicz

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Safiyya Farooq is a 24-year-old British Muslim digital artist whose practice explores faith, identity, and the evolving relationship between belief and creativity.

She has been drawing since primary school, developing imaginary worlds and character-based work long before she had formal training. After years of limited access to art education and creative spaces, university became a turning point, offering her the freedom to explore art more seriously and question what it could become in her life.

Her work reflects an ongoing process of questioning and healing, using digital painting as a space to process lived experience and personal faith. In Islam Through My Eyes, she presents a piece inspired by her sister’s journey with hijab and their shared struggle to understand Islam, using fragmented imagery to represent uncertainty, distance, and the gradual process of re-connection.

Through her practice, she reflects on imperfection, sincerity, and what it means to create while still figuring things out spiritually and personally.

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@haruviere

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Raodah Ibrahim is a Fine Art student whose practice moves between painting, Arabic calligraphy, and research-led visual storytelling.

Her journey began at GCSE Art and continued through formative gap years marked by uncertainty, experimentation, and gradual commitment to studying Fine Art at university. Alongside this, she has consistently been drawn to Arabic calligraphy and painting, learning over time to give space to that instinct rather than suppress it.

In Islam Through My Eyes, her work Punishment of Prosperity combines collage-like materials including wheat, water, fabric, tiles, and flowers to reflect the cultural richness of Al-Andalus, while chains and traces of blood reference exile, loss, and historical oppression. The work draws parallels between this history and the lived experiences of migrants and minorities today.

She also presents an abstract piece centred on a Qur’anic ayah, developed during a period of personal uncertainty about continuing as an artist. Her practice is shaped by research, reflection, and emotional state, with Arabic calligraphy approached as a form requiring care, intention, and reverence.

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Clara Talbi, known online as Claneesa, is a French Algerian digital artist whose work centres on joyful depictions of Muslim women, Eid gatherings, and everyday feminine intimacy.

Drawing from a childhood spent sketching with her father, Clara stepped away from art during a conventional career path before returning to it during the COVID period, choosing to pursue it as a full-time practice. Her conversion to Islam became a turning point, reshaping both her visual language and the way she understands her creative purpose.

Her work explores colour, composition, and atmosphere to express Muslim sisterhood and shared moments of ease and celebration. In Islam Through My Eyes, she presents a digital illustration of two women in abayas on Eid, surrounded by soft light, flowers, and quiet detail, capturing connection without relying on facial expression.

Through her practice, she reflects on identity as a French Algerian Muslim woman, the pressures of digital visibility, and the intention behind creating work that uplifts, represents, and affirms Muslim women in contemporary visual culture.

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@claneessa

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Halima Ashfaq combines goldwork and silk shading embroidery techniques with a deep commitment to her faith, creating pieces that serve as meaningful Islamic reminders within the home. Her practice is rooted in the Quranic understanding of the heart, exploring the ongoing journey toward Qalb Salim, a sound heart, through layered forms and varied goldwork techniques. The radiance of the goldwork surrounding the centre of her piece reflects how inner sincerity can manifest outwardly as beauty.

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