Liverpool based illustrator and artist.
Sumuyya Khader (b. 1988, Liverpool) is an artist working in a multiplicity of ways within the sector. Collaborating with major institutions, projects, publishers, social enterprises and artist led groups.
Her practice is a combination of illustration, painting & print works that predominantly explore place and identity. An artist of empowerment, both through the combinations of text and images in her work and also through the action she takes beyond her studio.
Her first solo show ‘Always Black, Never Blue’ opened at Bluecoat Liverpool in October 2021. Recent group exhibitions include Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting at Walker Art Gallery: a group show celebrating paintings by Liverpool artists, NAE Open 2022 and Shifting Perspectives at Leeds Art Gallery
She hopes her art is an entry point into a wider conversation about community and life.
Services
Illustration
Art Design
Print
Education
Liverpool Hope University (2010-2013) BA Hons
Fine Art: 2:1
Exhibitions
2022 Refractive Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery (group exhibition) upcoming
2021 Always Black Never Blue, Bluecoat Liverpool (solo exhibition)
2020 Voices: sparking conversations in art, Graft Lancs, (group exhibition)
2020 Without Walls, Blundell Lane, Liverpool (group exhibition)
2020 A Little Louder, Output Gallery (solo show) Postponed due to Covid-19
2019 Fun, Graft Lancs, (group exhibition)
2019 Output Open 2, Output Gallery, Liverpool (group exhibition)
2017 In The Peaceful Dome, Bluecoat, Liverpool (group exhibition)
2017 My Africa, BassFest, Birmingham (group exhibition)
2017 The Offy, Liverpool (group exhibition)
Commissions
2021 Quercus Books, This Is The Canon: Decolonise Your bookshelf In 50 Books (book cover)
2021 Gung Ho/New Balance (illustration)
2021 Iniva, Future Collect (illustration graphics)
2021 Bluecoat Liverpool, (permanent tile commission foyer)
2020 Everyman & Playhouse Theatre Liverpool (illustration posters external)
2020 COoL, Flag It Up (illustration/flag design)
2020 TheFA, social media (Black History Month Portraits)
2020 Head of Zeus, Ben Okri (3 book covers)
2020 Penguin Random House, Black Britain: Writing Back (book cover)
2020 Iniva x Manchester Art Gallery, Act 1 Ira (illustrations for conversation)
2020 Write & Shine, Autumn Programme (illustration for website)
2020 gal-dem x audible, (illustration)
2019 Graft Lancaster , Lancaster (activity sheet)
2019 Granby 4 Streets CLT, Liverpool (poster)
2018 The Human Library, Liverpool (community focused workshops)
2018 The Bluecoat, Liverpool (poster commission for exhibition season)
2018 L22 Press, Liverpool (A1 poster)
2017 Granby Workshop, Liverpool (A3 limited edition risograph print)
2017 The ‘Thinking Business’, The Royal Standard, Liverpool (illustrations and publication for exhibition)
Residencies
Bluecoat Liverpool August 2021 - January 2022
Metal Liverpool Sept 2013 - Sept 2014