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British Muslim Artists

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)

Made You Look! by Hannah Habibi Hopkin (c)

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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 Caan – Painter

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

Avaes Mohammad
(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)

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

Iythar – Fine Art

Kamel Baksh – Painter inspired by Makkah and Madinah

Khaver Idrees – Artist

Khyle Raja – Artist, Architect, Sci-fi Writer

Lateefa Spiker – Painter, Designer

Lubna Chowdhary – Ceramics

Luqman Ali – Theatre Producer, Writer, Storyteller

*** Maaida Noor – Calligrapher, Painter

Distraction by Maaida Noor (c)

Distraction by Maaida Noor (c)

Mahtab Hussain – Photographer

Maryam Golubeva – Papercutting and Acrylic Engraving

Maysaloun Faraj – Painter, Sculptor

Mecca2Medina (Rakin, Ismael and Abdul-Karim) – Islamic Hip Hop, Rap, Nasheed

Mo Negm – Painter

*** Mohammed Ali aka Aerosol Arabic – Street-Artist, Muralist, Producer

Faith Mural Birmingham by Mohammed Ali (c)

Faith Mural Birmingham by Mohammed Ali (c)

Mohammed Yahya – Rapper

*** Mohsen Keiany – Painter

Circle of Love by Mohsen Keiany (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)

A British Veil by Peter Sanders (c)

Qaisra Shahraz – Novelist, Scriptwriter

Qashif Masud – Wood Worker

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

The Rave (c) Razwan Ul-Haq

Rehan Jamil – Photographer

Rezia Wahid – Textile Artist

*** Richard-Fouad MacLeod – Calligrapher, Painter

Nabi - Prophet by Richard-Fouad MacLeod (c)

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)

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

Said Adrus – Fine Art

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)

Everything is Perishing by Samir Malik (c)

Sanaa Hamid – Photographer

Shaam – Nasheed Singers, Musicians, Band

Shafina Ali – Artist, Calligrapher, Designer

Shahbaz Hussain – Tabla Player

Shaheen Ahmed – Paper Artist

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

*** Siddiqa Juma – Painter

Kaabah Ripple by Siddiqa Juma (c)

Kaabah Ripple by Siddiqa Juma (c)

SilkRoad – Musician, Band

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 Ali – 3D Artist

Yusuf ‘Yoshi’ Misdaq – Multimedia Artist, Writer, Musician

Zahir Rafiq – Painter

Zahra Hussain – Sculptor, Animator, Painter

Zinah Nur Sharif – Fashion Designer

Zineb Sedira – Installations, Photography, Video

*** Muslim Museum Featured Artists