Ayah Zakout is a Naarm-based visual artist of Palestinian and Polynesian descent (Kūki ‘Airani Māori and Tahitian Mā’ohi), currently situated and practicing on Bunurong/Boonwurrung land.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Ayah ventures both traditional and digital mediums, occasionally combining her ways of working. With a keen focus on text and cross-translation, she pursues a range of subject matters; primarily that of cultural importance and sentiment, to linguistic questioning and reflection regarding their political identity.
Currently prioritising confessional writing, textile work and archive, Ayah desires to depict what entire self-expression truly entails.