Cultivating a community of Female Muslim Creatives
Role: Artist, Team Lead (Melbourne)
Organisation: An.Other Collective
Year: 2022 - ongoing
An.Other Collective is a community of Muslim female makers, artists, and designers spanning Sydney and Melbourne.
Founded in 2022,
An.Other Collective has now grown to 35 members across diverse creative disciplines such as visual art, design, architecture, illustration, filmmaking, photography, creative writing, and more.
The term ‘An Other’ comes from the shared feeling of ‘otherness’ felt by members of the collective as they navigate what it means to be Muslim Women working in the arts in Australia.
The collective is a platform that gathers and weaves
The diverse perspectives of individuals and communities to dissolve colonial barriers and reductive misconceptions on matters associated with faith, politics, identity, art and culture.
This is achieved through the collective’s interdisciplinary blend of curatorial strategies and artistic expressions where the instrumental role of domesticity in public life acts as a center stage for new forms of spiritual preservation, collective thought and transcultural coexistence.
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Fieldnotes on Being, Together, Dukkana Coburg, 2025
Fieldnotes on Being, Together, Brunswick Mechanics Institute, 2025
In Essence, Bankstown Arts Centre, 2023
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‘Open House: Leave Your Shoes By The Door’, Biennale of Sydney, 2026
‘Community Care Weekend’, Melbourne Art Library, 2026
‘Fabric of Your Identity’ with Mind if I Come, Sydney, 2025
‘Fieldnotes on Being, Together’ with CAST RMIT, Next Wave and Saluhan, Melbourne, 2025
‘Memory with our Loved Ones’ with Bukjeh, Melbourne, 2025
‘Scrap Soiree’ with Nawal Sari, Sydney, 2025
‘Taraweeh Cafe’ with Dukkana Coburg, Melbourne, 2025
‘Haraka Baraka Book Launch’ with SkatePal, Sydney, 2025
‘Free to Mingle’ with Free to Feed, Melbourne, 2025
‘Gathering Before The Light’, at PHIVE, Sydney, 2025
‘Light Wonders’ at HIVE Festival, Sydney, 2025
‘Henna Pop-Up’ at Art Souk, Melbourne, 2025
‘Petal Pals’ at Muslim Agenda, Immigration Museum, Melbourne, 2024
‘Open House’, Melbourne, 2025
‘Open House’, Sydney, 2025
‘Preserving Practice’ with Marian Abboud at Next Wave’s All School LAB, Melbourne, 2024
‘Ngabuburit, Women’s Work’, PHIVE, Sydney, 2024
‘Resist to Exist: Figs Rooted in South Lebanon’ with Zeinab Mahfoud, Sydney, 2024
‘Paper Portraits’ with Six Degrees, Melbourne, 2024
‘Paper Portraits’ at Free To Feed, Melbourne, 2024
‘Big Ride for Gaza’, Sydney, 2024
‘Big Ride for Gaza’, Melbourne, 2024
‘Ride for Palestine’, Sydney, 2023
‘Strokes for Solidarity’ with Charity Right, Melbourne, 2023
‘Resist to Exist: Poetry in Motion’ at Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney 2023
‘Resist to Exist’ at Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney 2023
‘Draw for Palestine’ at Bankstown Arts Centre, Sydney, 2023
‘In Essence: Makers Quarter’ at Bankstown Arts Centre, Sydney, 2023
‘In Essence: On Collectivism’ at Bankstown Arts Centre, Sydney, 2023
‘The Scope of Permissibility Book Launch’, Sydney, 2023
‘Henna and Shay’ at The Social Studio, Melbourne, 2023
‘Henna and Chai’ at Auburn Community Centre, Sydney, 2023
‘A Plate at the Table’, Sydney, 2023
‘Art and About’, Melbourne, 2022
‘Art and About’, Sydney, 2022
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Artist Residency, Dukkana Coburg, Melbourne 2025
Collective Study Trip, Gudskul, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2025
Kickstart Artist Development Program, Next Wave, Melbourne, 2024 - 2025
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Article: How this muslim creative community uses art to talk about social issues, Frankie Magazine, 2024
Radio: An.Other Collective, Women on the Line, 3CR Melbourne, 2023
