Lulua Alyahya

Lulua Alyahya (b.1998, Washington D.C, USA) is a Saudi artist based in Bahrain. Lulua creates paintings and objects rooted in societal critique and internal monologues. Her works encompass themes such as youth, romanticism, and absurdism. Alyahya’s subjects are often idle, situated against dreamlike, nondescript backgrounds. The artist’s work weaves references from existentialist literature, cartoon imagery, and desert landscapes. She is interested in exploring the capacity for her subjects’ to mediate critical reflections about her own surroundings.

Lulua recently received her BFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.

Alyahya was recently awarded the Cass Art Painting Prize (2020). She was selected as the winter artist for the year long exhibitions and events programme A Year of Nostalgia, Wellingore Chapel, Lincolnshire (2018). Her work has been exhibited in group shows including Widening the Gaze, Slade Research Centre, London (2018); Bad Art Presents ‘FANDOM’, Bones & Pearl Studios, London (2019); and Right Back at You, The Function Suite, London (2020).