Asma Khoory (b. Dubai, 1994), earned her BFA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Practices from Zayed University in 2017. In 2018, she joined the fifth cohort of The Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artist Fellowship in collaboration with the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2022, Asma completed her MA in Anthropology and Museum Practice from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Her artistic journey has been showcased both locally and internationally, with exhibitions at prestigious venues such as Art Dubai, Meem Gallery, Warehouse 421, Al Serkal Avenue, Jameel Arts Center, Nieuw Dakota in Amsterdam, and Southeast Missouri State University in the US.
Asma delves into the exploration of reality, memory, and narrative, examining their intersections and contradictions through various materials. She is particularly intrigued by the dynamic between personal and public memory. Her artistic practice revolves around themes of manufactured time, human relationships and conversations, hazy dreams, and collective memory, expressed through the mediums of painting and mixed media.