Thanya Mavish is a Birmingham based multidisciplinary artist.  

 

Born and bred in Birmingham, she completed her Foundation Diploma at Coventry university before returning home to do a BA in Fine Art. She is currently in her third year at Birmingham City University. Her work has been exhibited locally at the International Project Space, Medicine Gallery and she co-curated Digifest, 2018. 

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Through the use of textiles, photography and video Mavish explores issues around her own subconscious self-identity, family and the complexity religion. As a young Pakistani Muslim woman, she’s aware of the misconceptions the western media have around her identity. The work she creates aims to open up dialogues around them and educate people.

 

Researching feminist discourse, historical aspects of Islam and continuous conversations with her family have been pivotal for the development of Mavish ideas, evidently present within her work. Her current project focuses on the relationship between the historical and contemporary context of the hijab. 

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