Shatha Altowai is a Yemeni visual artist based in Edinburgh. She has presented at several art galleries in Yemen and beyond. Much of her work reflects aspects of life in her society, and the suffering caused by the ongoing civil war in Yemen. Shatha has been awarded the IIE-Artist Protection Fund (APF) Fellowship which was hosted at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh (2020-2021). Since her arrival in Edinburgh in November 2021, Shatha has had the opportunity to resume her art practice that was restricted for 2 years since2018 due to threats she received in Yemen. She has been awarded also the first prize of The John Byrne Award on July 2021 for the first quarter. Shatha launched several art exhibitions and participated in some cultural events in Scotland in collaboration with different organizations. She is an artist-in-residence at Art27Scotland, where she co-created and performed the short-play ‘Saber Came to Tea’ and is currently exhibiting several paintings as part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Participant in: August 2022 Fellowship: The Arts as a Tool for Peacebuilding