Curator, artist, producer

Fauziya Johnson
b.1997

Fauziya Johnson is a Somali-Dominican queer curator, artist and producer based in Manchester. Fauziya creates with a focus on current social and political issues through community-centred workshops, art projects, and exhibitions. Her work creates thought-provoking, engaging and trusted spaces for the public to engage in, making collective care, deconstructing harmful systems, and activism the core of the work for marginalised groups, in particular Queer, Black and disabled communities. Her every day role is as a Community Engagement Advisor. 

 

Fauziya's vision for her work is to create cultured thought and engagement with the audience. She extends her practice by doing workshops to develop community collaboration and expand on collective care. 

 

Fauziya has worked to also dismantle the stereotypes around BPD/EUPD,  in which has been done through infographics, documented interviews, illustration and video. I explore the origins of harmful rhetoric and re-work artistically it in a critical but caring, gentle way.

She has also co-founded ROOT-ed Zine, a zine and social platform dedicated to supporting, promoting and inspiring creatives of colour in the North West. She is currently on the board of Trustees for Broken Grey Wires CIC. 

If you'd like to work with Fauziya for any future projects, please contact via email: jfauziya@gmail.com

If you'd like to view Fauziya's Artist C.V, please click here.

Instagram: @fauziyajohnson