57 - Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, 2020

Mixed Media on Paper, 20 x 16 in., My practice draws from family history, memory, and materialism in painting, drawing, textiles, and apparel design. My ongoing still life series focuses on current everyday objects in my life. Items I have investigated include books I am reading, a favorite jacket, keychains, etc. Anisa Esmail is an arts and culture writer, fashion designer, and abstract figurative painter. Born in Alameda County, CA, in 1992. She resides in Oakland, CA, and works in San Francisco, CA. She has shown her artwork at Minnesota Street Projects, Southern Exposure, and Root Division. An art major at San Francisco State University, Anisa Esmail is also an active member of the arts community, having previously studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. She also freelances as a dressmaker and womenswear designer, receiving her MFA in Fashion Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.