There are many professional Muslim artists in Britain. Below is a list of established and up-and-coming British Muslim artists. (The list also includes artists who may not follow Islam but their art is inspired by traditional art forms from the Islamic World).
Made You Look! by Hannah Habibi Hopkin (c)
Muslim Museum is not responsible for third party websites.
The list is by no means exhaustive. It is in alphabetical order.
Aadil Abedi – Visual Artist, Designer, Calligrapher
Adam Shamash – Film maker, Photographer
Adam Williamson – Sculptor, Painter, Stone Carver and Woodworker
Ahmed Moustafa – Calligrapher with Classical European Painting Techniques
Aisha Zia – Writer, Theatre Maker
Aki Nawaz – Musician (member of the band Fun-Da-Mental), Producer, Film-Maker
Akram Khan – Dancer, Choreographer
Ali Omar Ermes – Calligrapher, Arabic letter forms
Alinah Azadeh – Installations: Sculpture, Textile and Written language
Amber Khokhar – Floral Painter, Ceramicist, Designer
Ammar Syed – Photography, Drawing, Illustration and Graphic Design
Asia Alfasi – Manga Influenced Comic Writer & Artist
*** Avaes Mohammad – Poet, Playwright, Performer
(c) Avaes Mohammad
Ayesha Gamiet – Artist, Illustrator, Illumination, Designer, Art Teacher
Ayub Khan-Din – Actor, Playwright (East is East)
Aziza Essa – painter, calligrapher
Dia Batal – Arab spatial designer
Dana Awetani – Painter, Drawing, Woodwork, Ceramic
Eric Broug – Geometrical designer
Faiza Shaikh – Painter, Textiles, Calligraphy
Fahmida Ashiq aka Asheeq Arts – Painter, Crystal art
Farah Bhoyroo – Retro Islamic Artist, Pop Art, Painter
Fatima Zahra Hassan – Mughal, Persian & Indian Miniature painter and calligrapher
Ghulam Mustafa Farooqi – Artist, Painter, Calligrapher, Graphic Designer
Halima Cassell – Sculptor, Designer
Hanna Whiteman – Jewellery Design, Print Making and Illustration
*** Hannah Habibi – Artist, Designer
Illumination by Hannah Habibi Hopkin (c)
Hassan Hajjaj – Portraiture, Installation, Performer, Fashion & Interior Designer
Idris Khan – Photographer: ‘dense and beguiling photographic palimpsests’
Imtiaz Dharker – Poet, Writer, Artist, Documentary Film-maker
Kamel Baksh – Painter inspired by Makkah and Madinah
Khyle Raja – Artist, Architect, Sci-fi Writer
Lateefa Spiker – Painter, Designer
Luqman Ali – Theatre Producer, Writer, Storyteller
*** Maaida Noor – Calligrapher, Painter
Distraction by Maaida Noor (c)
Maryam Golubeva – Papercutting and Acrylic Engraving
Maysaloun Faraj – Painter, Sculptor
Mecca2Medina (Rakin, Ismael and Abdul-Karim) – Islamic Hip Hop, Rap, Nasheed
*** Mohammed Ali aka Aerosol Arabic – Street-Artist, Muralist, Producer
Faith Mural Birmingham by Mohammed Ali (c)
Circle of Love by Mohsen Keiany (c)
Mohsin Hamid – Writer (The Reluctant Fundamentalist)
Muiz Anwar – Designer, Typographer, Calligrapher, Photographer
Mustafa Ja’far – Calligrapher, Designer
Muzamil Choudhury – Artist ‘using every day found objects’
Naazish Chouglay – Calligrapher, Glass Painter
Nargis Imran – Calligraphy and Miniature Painting
Nasreen Raja – Textile Designer, Painter, Jewellery Maker
Nasreen Shaikh Jamal al-Lail – Photographer
Naveed Akhtar – TV Producer/Executive, Documentary Maker
Nurjan Rehman – Islamic Art using Crystals
Parveen Zuberi – Ceramics, Glassware
Pearls of Islam – Nasheeds, Rap, Poetry, Spoken Word, Musicians
*** Peter Sanders – Photographer
A British Veil by Peter Sanders (c)
Qaisra Shahraz – Novelist, Scriptwriter
Rashad Salim – Artist, Printmaker, Painter, Sculptor, Curator, Illustrator
Rasheed Araeen – Conceptual Artist, Sculptor, Painter, Writer
*** Razwan Ul-Haq – Calligrapher, Writer
The Rave (c) Razwan Ul-Haq
*** Richard-Fouad MacLeod – Calligrapher, Painter
Nabi – Prophet by Richard-Fouad MacLeod (c)
Rima Farah – Calligrapher, Painter, Print-maker, Potter
Riz Ahmed aka Riz MC – Actor, Rapper
Romina Khanom – Stencilling & Cutting Geometric Patterns to make Installations & Sculptures
Rose Nordin – Designer, Illustrator
*** Ruh Al-Alam – Visual Artist, Calligrapher, Graphic Designer
Dancer by Ruh Al-Alam (c)
Runa Islam – Film-maker, Visual Artist
Saba Khan – “contemporary oil and mixed-media paintings and drawings”
Sabba Khan – graphic designer, illustrator, architectural designer
Sabah Arbilli / Sabah Maghded Bapir – Calligrapher, Sculptor
Sadia Ur-Rehman – Visual & Participatory Artist
Safina Sajid – Printmaking, Collage, Sculpture, Photography
Sama Mara – Traditional Geometry Artist
Samar Asamoah – Glass Artist, Printmaker
Sami Yusuf – Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Producer Musician
*** Samir Malik – Artist, Calligrapher, Designer, Photographer
Everything is Perishing by Samir Malik (c)
Shaam – Nasheed Singers, Musicians, Band
Shafina Ali – Artist, Calligrapher, Designer
Shahbaz Hussain – Tabla Player
Shahid Khan aka Naughty Boy – Songwriter, Music Producer
Shahida Ahmed – Sculptor, Ceramic Artist
Shahin Badar – Singer, Vocalist
Sajjad Shah – Graphic Designer, Printmaker
Shams Un Nisa – Hand Embroidery
Shezad Dawood – Multi-media Artist, Painter
Kaabah Ripple by Siddiqa Juma (c)
Sofia Niazi – Artist, Illustrator, Electronic/Internet Art, Gifs
Soraya Syed Sanders – Calligrapher, Graphic Artist
Tasawar Bashir – explores notions of the sacred using modern technology
Teakster – Calligraphy, Islamic Art, Graphic Design
Top Topham – Guitarist, Musician, Interior Designer, Painter
Unaiza Karim – Art of Illumination
Vaseem Mohammed – Artist, Sculptor, Designer
Walid Siti – Painter, Sculptor
Yara El-Sherbini – Live Art, Video, Installations
Yasmin Kathrada – Glass, Ceramics, Gesso Artist
Yusra Warsama – Poet, Playwright, Actor
Yusuf ‘Yoshi’ Misdaq – Multimedia Artist, Writer, Musician
Zahra Hussain – Sculptor, Animator, Painter
Zinah Nur Sharif – Fashion Designer