The political conversation around immigration has grown louder, harsher, and more violent. It’s impossible to ignore.

This series reflects my attempt to show my lived experience of protest in Los Angeles and the amazing immigrant women of color I had the honor to meet. Their courage and activism gave me the strength to keep showing up for others.

This current work blends representation with abstract expressionism, depicting the fear, hate, and chaos that many immigrant women are experiencing. These immigrant women are not only brave, strong, and beautiful. They are unapologetic, and through this work, I want to honor that. To inquire about the work, purcahse or commission a piece, please contact at: sumayyaansari@gmail.com

2025: In our thousands, In our Millions

Mixed Media

36 x 24

2023- 2024: To witness a live genocide

Over the past two and a half years, I’ve been struggling with a deep sense of grief and helplessness while witnessing, learning, and unlearning the realities of occupation and colonization in Palestine.

As the daughter of immigrants shaped by the legacy of the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan, many aspects of this struggle felt familiar to me. However, as an artist, finding my role in this moment has been much more challenging. How do you convey something so painful and so urgent?

This series of work is my attempt to do just that. It reflects various moments of witnessing a live genocide unfold in Gaza, while sitting in the safety and comfort of my own home. It’s a reflection on complicity, on distance, and on bearing witness.To inquire about the work, purchase ore commission a piece, please contact at sumayyaansari@gmail.com

Lost for words!

Acrylic, 18 x 24

To inquire about the work, purchase or commission a piece, please contact at sumayyaansari@gmail.com