Anusheh Zia

Anusheh Zia works across painting and installation to explore the natural world, concepts of geological time and the ephemeral. Drawing from systems and structures of spiritual practice in the Islamic faith, she delves into the intrinsic connection between humans and nature. Through an extensive use of natural materials, her works evoke sensory engagement and contemplate various internal states, while also weaving connections between cultures and faith practices.

Anusheh Zia was born in 1994 in London. She gained her BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins before studying for an Arabic Postgraduate Diploma, at SOAS, London in 2016. She was awarded the JOYA: arte + ecología residency in Andalusia, Spain in 2018. Zia has exhibited across London, including at the Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank (2018); Copeland Gallery, Peckham (2020); and at SET Kensington (2023). Her work also featured in the Hannah Ryggen Triennale in Norway in 2022. Her collaborative projects include Staff of Life, film commission by BBC New Creatives with the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London, 2019.

Zia lives and works in London.