CHRISTA ASSAD, b. 1970, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Christa Assad is a feminist artist based in Baja, Mexico. Her recent exhibitions focus on women heroes of Mexico and Afghanistan, and the plight shared by women of these countries and many other patriarchal nations.

Assad was awarded a J. William Fulbright Research and Travel Grant (1993) and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award (2005). Her work is in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan, Armenia, the Ceramic Research Center at Arizona State University Museum, and the Penn State Fulbright Collection.

In April of 2023, Assad’s 24-panel piece, RIOTOUS, placed 12th in the Palm Foundation’s Call for Feminist Art competition, juried by Nadya Riot of the Pussy Riot Collective.