Maryam Yousif (b. 1985 Baghdad, Iraq) lives and works in San Francisco, CA. She received her BA at the University of Windsor, Ontario in 2008 and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2017. Solo and two-person exhibitions include ICA San Francisco (2024); Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco (2024); The Pit, Los Angeles / Palm Springs (2023, 2021); David B. Smith, Denver (2022); and Andrew Rafacz, Chicago (2021); amongst others. Yousif’s work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Manetti Shrem Museum at UC Davis (2024); GGLA, Los Angeles (2024); Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2023); Museum of Art & Design, New York (2023); and Massey Klein Gallery, New York (2023); amongst others. She is the recipient of the Fleishhacker Foundation’s Eureka Fellowship, a finalist for SFMOMA’s SECA award, and the Museum of Art and Design’s Burke Prize.
