Maria Sidawi is a first-generation British Syrian artist based in Bath, navigating her early career as a self-taught artist. 

Although she didn’t study art, she discovered her creativity unexpectedly when she completed a media-making project in 2016 at university addressing the Syrian refugee crisis.

She uses art and installation to explore hidden and unhidden personal experiences through a passage of time. 

Photography by Emily Lewin and Kaylee Winchcombe.