Maryam
Turkey

Maryam Turkey (born 1994) is an Iraqi-American artist and designer based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2009, she moved with her family to the United States as refugees, attending the Baltimore School for the Arts where she studied traditional painting. She continued her education in art and design at Pratt Institute, earning a Bachelor of Industrial Design in 2017. Shortly after graduation, Turkey was awarded an art residency at the Museum of Art and Design. This was followed by several esteemed residencies, including the Silver Arts Residency at the World Trade Center (LMCC) and Worthless Studios, all located in New York City.

Turkey has been featured in Architectural Digest as "one to watch" in 2021, and has also appeared in Surface Magazine, Galerie Magazine, Interior Magazine, Dezeen, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2023, she was awarded the For Freedoms annual fellowship, which supports artists focusing on social change. She also unveiled her public sculpture at the Socrates Sculpture Park as part of her Socrates Annual Fellowship that same year. Most recently, Turkey won the 2024 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design, which recognizes immigrants who have achieved early career excellence in the United States.

‍Residencies
‍2024 dieDAS Akademie Saaleck, Germany
2023 WorthlessStudios, New York, NY
2021 LMCC (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), New York
2020 Silver Art Projects, New York, NY
2019 The Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York, NY
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Solo Exhibitions
‍2025 We Heard an Echo, MOONCALF, New York, NY
2023 Jidran, Java Projects, New York, NY

‍Group Exhibitions
‍2025 Perfume in Exile, Friends Gallery, Washington, DC
2024 Rooted Echoes, i-Park Sculpture Park, East Haddam, CT
2024 Material Evidence, dieDAS Akademie Saaleck, Germany
2024 All Things Became Islands Before My Senses, Perasma Istanbul Gallery, Leros, Greece
2023 Deconstructed, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
2023  Femme F(r)iction, Salon 94, New York, NY
2023 Love Letters, Alcova Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
2021 Between Rise and Fall, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York, NY
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‍Public Art 
‍2023 Rooted Echoes, iPark, East Haddam, CT
2023 Deconstructed, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
2022 Demolition Rhythm, Governors Island, NY
2021 Self Portrait, Trieber Farm, Long Island

‍Awards & Fellowships
‍2024 dieDAS Akademie Saaleck Fellowship Award
2024 Vilcek Foundation Award
2023 ForFreedoms Fellowship Award

‍Press
‍2024 Dezeen – Vilcek Foundation
2024 Prizes in Design
‍2021 Galerie Magazine – Feature
‍2021 Architectural Digest
‍2021 Surface Magazine – Designer of the Day