Bio 

Maryam Turkey (1994) is an Iraqi-American, award winning artist and designer based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2009, she moved with her family as refugees to the United States, where she attended Baltimore School for the Arts high school and learned traditional painting. She continued her art and design education at Pratt Institute, where she earned her Bachelor of Industrial Design in 2017. Shortly after graduation, Turkey was awarded an art residency at the Museum of Art and Design. A number of other esteemed residencies followed, including the Silver Arts Residency at the World Trade Center, (LMCC), and WorthlessStudios, all in New York City. Turkey has been featured in Architectural Digest as “one to watch,” in 2021 as well as being featured at Surface Magazine, Galerie Magazine, Interior Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2023, she was granted the ForFreedoms annual fellowship, supporting artists with a focus on social change. She also revealed her public sculpture at the Socrates Sculpture Park as part of her Socrates Annual Fellowship in 2023. Turkey has recently  won the 2024 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise. The prize rewards immigrants who have achieved early career excellence in the United States.