Biographical Info

Ayesha Mohyuddin is a contemporary jewelry artist who explores identity, spirituality, and ways of knowing through body-related objects and performance. Ayesha is interested in capturing the complexities of home, history, and identity through material, ritual, performance, and eating. Her recent work uses food, cooking, and the tools of the kitchen to express the physicality of nostalgia, identity, and history. Ayesha’s work is rooted in Islamic material culture, cooking, and her upbringing in a Bangladeshi Muslim household in rural Tennessee.

Born and raised in Tennessee, Ayesha received her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA in Sculpture from Washington University in St. Louis.