BIO & CV
ABOUT
Zeena Wright-Al Tai (b. 1996) is a multi-media artist and maker working in prop fabrication, textile design, and fine art in Glasgow and London. Wright-Al Tai’s mixed-media practice features fantastical environments and scenes that explore themes of surrealism, solitude, folklore, and neo-colonialism.
Using wordplay and florid imagery, I construct sublime worlds in which femme figures luxuriate in nature, often incorporating animal motifs and cultural signifiers. My work delves into sensory experiences via installations in my preferred mediums of drawing, embroidery, textile sculpture, and soundscape, urging spectators to partake in my constructed worlds. I often portray narratives from folklore and cautionary tales, interpreting these ancestral veins through an intersectional feminist lens.
Education
Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, September 2022 – July 2024
BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, University of the Arts London: Wimbledon College of Art, October 2017 – July 2020
Associate’s of Art, Fashion & Textiles, The New School, Parsons School of Design NYC, September 2015 – June 2017
Exhibitions, Panel Talks, and Interviews
November 2024, Sad Asian Girls Club, Group Show, Saltspace, Glasgow, UK
November 2024, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich, London, UK
October 2024, Fibrous Methods: Women in Fine Art Textiles, Group Show, Dublin, IE
June 2024, The Skinny, Publication, Glasgow School of Art Degree Show Exhibition
May-June 2024 GSA Master of Fine Art Degree Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
April 2024, Print Works, Group Show, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, UK
December 2023 HFBK x GSA Show, Institute for Contemporary Art & Transfer, HFBK, Hamburg, DE
October 2023, HFBK x GSA Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow.
September 2023 Swatched- Blush, Group Show, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow.
June 2023, Queer Frontiers, Group Show, SoHo, London, UK
April 2023, Jezebel Presents, Group Show, Islington Mill, Ancoats, Manchester, UK
March 2023 Capital Group: Take Pride, LGBTQIA Artists in Spotlight, Group Show, Marylebone, London, UK
March 2023 Interim Show, Painting, The Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
December 2022 Flos Collective, Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, UK
June 2022, Queer Frontiers, Artiq, Group Show, SoHo, London, UK
June 2022, Queer Frontiers, Artiq, Panel Contributor, SoHo, London, UK
June 2022, Textile Art of the Future, Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London, UK
June 2022, Woolwich Print Fair, Woolwich, London, UK
March 2022, Adonis, Group Show, The Margate School of Art, Margate, UK
August 2021, The Monstrous Femmes, Solo Show, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London, UK
February 2020, Emerging Artists in Textiles, Group Show, Southwark, London, UK
October 2019, Burn the Witch, Group Show, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London, UK
February 2019, Roots, Group Show, Marylebone, London, UK
March 2017, I'm Dyeing, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
Links
https://instagram.com/zeenawrightaltai
https://www.linkedin.com/zeena-wright-altai
https://www.artrabbit.com/events/the-monstrous-femmes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=BUWXXGedkI0
https://www.hfbk-hamburg.de/de/aktuelles/kalender/gsa-hfbk/
https://gsapress.blogspot.com/2023/03/media-release-mfa-interim-show-2023.html
https://gsamfa.com/year/2024/zeena-wright-al-tai/
https://gsashowcase.net/zeena-wright-altai/
https://artiq.co/article/in-conversation-with-zeena-wright-al-tai/
https://www.youtube.com/@ZeenaWrightAlTai
Organisation Memberships
Scottish Artist Union, Graduate Member