Amira Rasayon received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, MD. She  majored in Environmental Design (currently called Architectural Design) with a Minor in Art History, and a concentration in Illustration. Specializing in spatial design she has worked on collaborative projects designing exterior way-finding and graphics. Her photography artwork echos a modular sense of time, as she documents public social events and conceptually highlights identity.

 

For three years, Amira has taught highschool students, grades 9-12th in the arts at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC. She has also taught teens in summer youth art programs; teaching digital photography, graphic design, and museum related courses. She has collaborated with neighboring schools and lead student related projects and exhibits that have been held at the Kennedy Center and the District Architecture Center (DAC) in Washington, DC. 

 

Currently, Amira works as an Exhibits Specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Exhibits Production and at a local contemporary arts gallery. Specializing in graphics design and production, she has done promotional advertisements that have been featured in the Washington City Paper and The Express and has designed event graphics, and way-finding signage for the National Museum of American History. 

 

Amira has been accepted into multiple juried exhibitions and galleries in Queens, New York, and the Maryland area. Last year, her work was on display at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington D.C. She has also shown work at the DCAC, the Kaplan Gallery at the VisArts Center in Rockville, MD, the Prince George's African American Museum and Culture Center in North Brentwood, MD, and at the Reagan National Airport.