About Me

Liverpool based illustrator and artist.

Sumuyya Khader (b. 1988, Liverpool) is an artist working in a multiplicity of ways within the sector. Collaborating with major institutions, projects, publishers, social enterprises and artist led groups.

Her practice is a combination of illustration, painting & print works that predominantly explore place and identity. An artist of empowerment, both through the combinations of text and images in her work and also through the action she takes beyond her studio.

You can find her work on permenant display at : 

The Reader in Calderstones Park, commissioned painting, Now We Sit With It, 2024

The Bluecoat in Livepool city centre - Summer, A tiled garden scene.

Her first solo show ‘Always Black, Never Blue’ opened at Bluecoat Liverpool in October 2021. Recent group exhibitions include Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting at Walker Art Gallery: a group show celebrating paintings by Liverpool artists, NAE Open 2022 and Shifting Perspectives at Leeds Art Gallery

She hopes her art is an entry point into a wider conversation about community and life.