Nadia Ayari was born in 1981. Ayari has had solo projects at Luce,Turin (2009), Monya Rowe, New York (2011), The Third Line, Dubai (2013), Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York (2016), Untitled, Miami Beach (2016) & Taymour Grahne Projects, London (2021) and has participated in the 12th International Cairo Biennale (2010), the 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale (2011) and Art Dubai Projects (2014). Her work has also been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, London, and Monica DeCardenas, Zuoz, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris, Gallery Diet, Miami, DC Moore, New York, American University Museum, Washington DC, Samson Projects, Boston, Abrons Art Center, NY, and Produce Model Gallery, Chicago. In October 2021, her paintings and sculptures were included in Moma PS1’s “Greater New York” show. Ayari earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (2007) and has been a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Drawing (2006), the Fine Arts Work Center (2010) and AiR Dubai (2014). Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.