ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in the United States, Amnna Attia is a Toronto-based artist studying with the Contemporary Arts Department at Etobicoke School of the Arts. Attia explores her Arab-Palestinian heritage through digital art and embroidery. Her interest in her personal heritage sparked a passion for learning about other cultures, exploring their customs, and what makes them unique including styles of artistic expression. Attia was a curator with the Albright Knox Museum’s The Presence of Absence exhibition opened in April 2021, and is now a curator with The Fearless Artist organization. Her work has been exhibited in group shows at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, Etobicoke School of the Arts in Etobicoke, Canada, the Albright Knox Museum, in Buffalo, New York, the Art Gallery of Mississauga, the Neilson Park Creative Centre in Toronto, the Annual Spring Juried Art Show with Arts Etobicoke, the Virtual Art Gallery of Experiences Canada, as well as featured on the Zenerations Instagram of the Hyderabad branch in India and will soon be exhibited in the End Of Year Show with Us Gallery Contemporary in Toronto. Her work has also been published in Ultraviolet Magazine in Kingston, Canada, the Growth Virtual Zine in Toronto, Canada, the Arts Etobicoke Impact Report in Etobicoke, Canada, the Toronto Six Hundred Magazine in Toronto, Canada, the Original Magazine in London, United Kingdom, and will soon be published in the Toronto Public Library in Toronto, Canada.