Leila Fatemi

Leila Fatemi

Leila Fatemi
BIPOC Artist Residency
2022-23

Black, Indigenous, People(s) of Colour Artist Residency Recipient


Leila Fatemi is an artist, curator and community arts worker based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Her work stems from her daily experiences as a visible minority and her perspective as a practicing Muslim woman artist. Fatemi aims to provide platforms and contribute alternative narratives to conversations of ethnic representation with a focus on the experience of Muslim women & women from the MENA region, as well as to create a better understanding and appreciation for Islamic culture and traditions. Through her multi-media approach, she challenges the inherently colonial narratives used in Western traditions of misrepresentation of the East.