Aida Murad
Aida Murad is an Arab US-based Impact Artist whose mission is to help people feel seen, heard and loved through art. She paints with her fingers due to past trauma. She became an Artist because she had Rheumatoid Arthritis. She was semi paralyzed for 4.5 years, and she turned to art to help her heal. She didn’t paint with paint brushes, she paints only with her hands. Aida has sold out 10 collections and has been featured in 29 exhibitions. Her artwork has been published by the University of Cambridge and featured globally including in TED, World Bank, Voice of America, Reuters, TRT World, Al Jazeera, and United Nations. She is named as the first Georgetown University Artist in Residence to create healing art for the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has also collaborated with Grammy Award winning artists including the drummer from The Doors, John Densmore, to use art for social good and is one of the first fellows for the Artivism Fellowship with non-profit Seeds of Peace.
