Yasmin Hayat | |
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| Born | Yasmin Hayat Maksousa February 1990 Bournemouth, England |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Website | www |
Yasmin Hayat Maksousa (born February 1990) is an English visual artist who specialises in miniature painting and ceramics. She won the 2018 Kairos Award and was named was named a 2022 Homes & Gardens star of tomorrow.
Hayat was born to an English mother and a Syrian father [1] and grew up in Bournemouth. [2] She took triple art as a school subject, in addition to lessons with an art tutor. [3] Hayat graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Painting. She later completed a Master of Arts (MA) at the Prince's Foundation School in 2018, where she specialised in Islamic art and architecture, miniature painting, and geometry. [4]
In 2018, Hayat received the Kairos Award from King Charles III (then Prince Charles) and Keith Critchlow for her traditional Indo-Persian and Arabic miniature painting techniques. [5] Thematically, Hayat's art draws upon her Syrian heritage and combines these techniques with western methods. [6]
In 2020, London's Aga Khan Centre Gallery commissioned Iznik-style ceramic plates from Hayat for a 2021 group exhibition titled Making Paradise. [7] Hayat started working with Lulu Lytle of Soane Britain, leading to a 2022 collaboration between Hayat and Soane on a linen and wallpaper collection titled Rumi for the company's Egyptomania series. [8] [9] Hayat was named a 2022 Homes & Gardens star of tomorrow. [10]
Hayat had her first solo exhibition titled Yasmin Hayat: Timeless Vision with Jonathan Cooper in late 2023. [11] The following year, she began exhibiting in India, taking part in Musawwari: Miniatures Today at the Ojas Art Gallery in New Delhi [12] [13] and Land that Lives through Us at Art and Charlie in Mumbai. [14] Hayat also returned to the Aga Khan Centre Gallery for The Quran: Form, Fragrance & Feeling. [15]