My name is Anida Yoeu Ali and I am a performance and installation artist who is raising funds to complete the final collection of The Red Chador series. I am a Muslim woman of mixed Malay, Cham, Khmer, and Thai ancestries whose fabric-focused art honors my ancestors’ migration across Southeast Asia.

Anida Yoeu Ali has performed and exhibited internationally including at the Haus der Kunst (Munich), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), The Smithsonian (DC), the Seattle Asian Art Museum and more. She is a recipient of the 2024 Arts Innovator Award, a 2020 Art Matters Fellowship and the 2015 Sovereign Asian Art Prize. She received her B.F.A. from University of Illinois and an M.F.A. in from School of the Art Institute Chicago. Currently based in Tacoma, Ali serves as a Senior Artist-in-Residence at the University of Washington Bothell and travels between the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S.

After 11 years working on The Red Chador series, I’ve managed to create 66 total chadors, self-funding the collection on my own. I need funding for the final 33 chadors and I can no longer do this by myself. The current collection includes iridescent, sequined, celebratory, and floral patterns sourced from the open-air markets of Phnom Penh and Bangkok, including a set of 14 chadors made with donated fabrics from The Jim Thompson Art Center. In this final batch, I would like to use Khmer silks, Indonesian Ikat, Malay batik and other luxurious textiles that I can source in Southeast Asia.

Please help my team and I complete the collection. Be part of the joy. There is absolutely no reason for covered Muslim women to be represented exclusively as oppressed, submissive, dangerous and lacking any joy or humanity.

Your donations are tax exempt as Anida’s project is fiscally sponsored by the organization Build Justly. Build Justly is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to empower a future where shared resources, human connection, and collective care create lasting economic and cultural impact.

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