ISLAH ABDUL-RAHIM COSTUME DESIGN

Islah Abdul-Rahim (she/her) is a performance based visual artist who studied theater at Bennington College and received a B.A. in Studio Art from Hunter College. A former long term resident of Brooklyn, she currently resides in Buffalo, NY. She generates her art practice as prescriptive, intended to present a path which integrates spirit with vision, especially as it pertains to the origins of transformative magic and healing both in performance and in place. Her work with paper, textiles, wood, metal, concrete and mixed media has been utilized as set pieces, props, masks, puppets and accessories for repertory theater, film, television, dance and music for over forty five years. Various static pieces can be found in private collections while additional work has been intentionally created for ceremonial/ritual use. Islah has worked professionally in wardrobe and theatrical crafts on Broadway for over twenty five years.