Alison Kysia is a Muslim woman artist who creates contemporary abstract Islamic sculpture & handmade functional pottery.
She designs socially engaged art projects to build community & connection.
She offers speaking engagements, maker workshops, and curation related to her expertise on Muslims, Islam & Islamophobia.
Her social media handle, @786arts, includes the numeric equivalent of Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem—In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful, the beginning phrase of all but one chapter of the Quran.
Al Musawwir: The Artist
Al Fatah: The One Who Opens the Opening
Al Fatiha: The Opening
Al Sami: The One Who Listens
Ya Wadud: Love Vessels
Sajda: Prostration
99 Clay Vessels: The Muslim Women Storytelling Project
Solo Art Exhibition, VisArts, Rockville, Maryland
Al Haq: A Vessel to Hold Your Truth
God Is Closer to You Than Your Jugular Vein
Take a Good Look in the Mirror
Alternative 9/11 Memorial
Amulets, Islam, and Memory: Channeling Power in Times of Great Need
20/20
Functional pottery