Alia Ali (1985) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-American multi-media artist. Her aesthetic interests stem from people, place, and the processes which unite and divide us, all at once. Her work reflects on the politics and poetics of contested notions surrounding the topics of identity, physical borders, universality, mental/physical spaces of confinement, and the inherent dualism that exists in everything. Her work blurs the lines between what we claim to be objective and subjective, illusion and reality, truth and interpretation.

Alia's work has most recently been exhibited include the Peter Sillem Gallery (Frankfurt), Gulf Photo Plus (Dubai), Galerie Siniya 28 (Marrakech), the Lianzhou Photo Festival (Lianzhou) and the Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans (USA). Alia Ali holds a BA in Studio Art and Middle Eastern Studies from Wellesley College and is an MFA candidate at California Institute of the Arts. Her studio is based in Los Angeles and Marrakech.