Sobia Ahmad

Sobia Ahmad is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in public health. Her work explores the transcendental power of everyday experiences, objects, and rituals through photography, time-based media, and social engagement. She uses analog methods—including weaving, participatory workshops, and eco-friendly photochemical techniques—to explore how slowness and tactility can activate inner life and deepen engagement with socio-political and ecological issues.

Ahmad earned her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (2024), and a BA in Studio Art and BS in Community Health from the University of Maryland, College Park (2016, 2015). Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY; Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; London Experimental Film Festival, London, England; and Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA. Ahmad’s work has been supported by Washington Project for the Arts’ Wherewithal Research Grant (2025), The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Exposure Artist Grant (2024-2025), and Allegheny County’s Art Revival Grant (2022). Most recently, Ahmad received Silver Eye Center for Photography’s Fellowship ‘25 Keystone Award in Pittsburgh, PA (2025). She has attended the SOMA Summer residency, Mexico City, Mexico (2024) and is a current Hamiltonian Artists Fellow in Washington, DC (2024-2026).