Sarah Al-Sarraj

Sarah Al-Sarraj is a British-Iraqi visual artist and cultural worker working with painting, comic books and immersive technologies. Her narrative-driven work employs speculation and fantasy to subvert and surpass global power structures. Researching Islamic and native knowledge systemsm Al-Sarraj constructs and imagines new worlds rooted in land, spirit and ancestry. Her comic book ‘Sinkhole’ was selected for New Contemporaries 2022, and in 2023 she was awarded a grant from Arts Council England to develop her animation practice, for which she is currently working with the Mechatronic Library. Her first solo exhibition, ‘Separated by Millennia’ opened at Two Queens Gallery in 2024, commissioned by the Arab British Centre. Alongside her artistic practice, she has a background of 8 years working in social justice with organisations such as Healing Justice London and Forensic Architecture, and broader work in Palestinian advocacy. She currently serves on the board of trustees at the Inclusive Mosque Initiative, an intersectional feminist abolitionist mosque.

Instagram: @ssaarraahj 

UKNA Projects:

New Artist Collective #3 - People, Place and Practice: Four Happenings