Work by Professor Shiva Ahmadi is currently being featured in two thought-provoking exhibitions in North American museums.

The African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have joined together to present Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America, an exhibition of new works examining the provocative and timely question: “Is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?” Ahmadi is among the 20 artists participating in the installation which runs through Oct. 8. 

Ahmadi’s work is also featured in Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and Beyond at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. This bold exhibition explores the defining issues of our time from the perspective of 25 women artists from or connected to the broader Islamic world spanning across West Africa to Southeast Asia or living in diaspora. Deftly interrogating themes of identity, power, sexuality, and home, this exhibition resists simple stereotypes with outstanding artworks from both emerging and well-established artists. The exhibition runs through Nov. 19.