ANEESA SHAMI ZIZZO
WEBSITE: aneesashami.com
IG: @aneesashami
EMAIL: studio@aneesashami.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a fiber artist exploring shared memory through appliqued tapestries, soft sculpture and paper collage. Using textile industry waste and secondhand materials, I intertwine personal history, Islamic folklore and the sublime to illustrate the cyclical nature of history and shed light on societal systems contributing to waste and neglect.
Born to an American mother and a Palestinian-Lebanese father, I often reflect on my Arab-American upbringing in post-9/11 suburban Kansas. By drawing from my childhood and personal experiences, I am able to explore broader narratives of human experience and cultural memory in my practice.
BIO
Aneesa Shami Zizzo holds Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in both Fiber and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute. She was awarded an artist residency at the Arab American National Museum in May 2024, and was a Fellow for the Mildred’s Lane Attention Labs: Order of the Third Bird in 2015. Recent exhibitions include House of Lebanon in Los Angeles, CA, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum in Long Beach, CA, the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles, CA, the California Center for the Arts Museum in Escondido, CA, and Studio 203 in Los Angeles, CA among others. Zizzo's work is in the collections of the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, The Elder Statesmen, and Kancan. She is a frequent volunteer at Able Arts Work in Long Beach, CA, where she collaborates with resident artists on various projects.