Deep Dive

Ayshia Müezzin a.k.a [ a y s h ] b.1986 is a British-Cypriot Intermedia artist who grew up in Cyprus where she attended high school and began her artistic career. She returned to the UK to pursue her education at The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art. She graduated with a distinction in Intermedia art in 2018 and an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice in 2020. Ayshia was awarded the [2017] Scotrail Art & Culture Fund by ScotRail and Foundation Scotland; [2018] University of Edinburgh and EUSA Impact Awards; [2018] Travel to Italy Award from The Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust–awarded to show performance art in Italy during the Venice Architecture Biennale as well as the [2020] Contemporary Art Practice Award. Her projects have been featured on the BBC Timeline Series and Hyperallergic. Ayshia’s works have been shown in Konnektor, Forum für Künste, Hannover, Germany; IKCU Art Festival, Izmir, Türkiye; Zhongjie Museum of Art, Zhongjie, China; Highbrow Institute, Wien, Austria; SUPH Art Space, Bangkok Design Week, Bangkok, Thailand; Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, UK; Surfaces Festival, Venice, Italy; Ely Centre for Contemporary Art, USA; Screen-print Biennial, USA; Transcultural Exchange in Boston, USA; Dfbrll8r Gallery at Zhou B Art Centre, Chicago, USA; Taos Centre for the Arts, New Mexico; Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK; Glasgow International Art Festival, Glasgow, UK; Performance Køkkenet, Copenhagen; Zembla Gallery, Scotland; Noemata/#biennale.no; Bangkok Biennial, Bangkok, Thailand; Galerie XY, Olomouc, Czech Republic; MoWNA Biennial, New York and many virtual exhibitions.