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Yassir Ali is a painter who trained in Khartoum and now lives and works in Nairobi. His practice is deeply engaged with the notion of a Sudanese visual identity. He explores the trajectory of ancient Nubian symbols from historical to contemporary visual culture, inspired by the universality of their shapes and formations, and how they have developed through time and across cultures. Windows of My Soul uses the window as both an abstract grid structure, as well as architectural form and poetic metaphor. Ali graduated with a Degree in Fine Art from the Sudan University of Science and Technology in 1997. He has held solo exhibitions in Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan. He was selected to exhibit in the Kampala Art Biennale, 2014, as well as various group shows in Finland, Uganda, South Korea and France.

Yassir Ali, who grew up with a strong attachment to his Nubian identity, followed in the footsteps of several family members before him and entered the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum, graduating with a degree in Sculpture in 1997. Although he trained as a sculptor, Ali's artistic practice focuses on painting. His connection to his Nubian heritage is carried over into his work, where Ali explores the trajectory of Nubian decorative symbols and motifs. The traditions of beautification and a perceived universality of the forms and symbols, carried across time and cultures is the mainstay of Ali's work. Symbols and bursts of colour emerge from layers of paint, reminiscent of the mud and pulverized limestone used in traditional Nubian houses. Ali settled permanently in Nairobi in 2004, focusing exclusively on his art practice, and carving a name from himself in the artistic landscape of East Africa. He exhibits regularly locally, and has also shown his work internationally in France, Finland, South Korea, and his native Sudan.