Give light and people will find the way (Ella Baker), 2022, Glasgow Women’s Library installation

Rabiya Choudhry was born in Glasgow in 1982 to Scottish and Pakistani parents. Choudhry studied at Edinburgh College of Art to MA level, graduating in 2006. She lives and works in Edinburgh. 

Choudhry’s work explores themes of identity and cultural displacement in contemporary British society with a darkly comedic approach. Her work expresses the complicated coupling of eastern and western cultures in richly vibrant autobiographical portrayals. Recent exhibitions include ‘Anywhere In The Universe’, The Common Guild, Glasgow (2023) ‘TESTAMENT’, Goldsmiths CCA, London (2022); ‘ambi’, CCA Glasgow; and ‘Fabric of Society’, Glasgow International (both 2021). A number of Choudhry’s works were acquired by the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow in 2020 and are now on display.