The School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) are pleased to announce the recipient of the Issachar Fund Art Prize. Image Artwork by 2019 Issachar Fund Art Prize winner Soniya Ahmed: image 1 A prize of £1000 will go to Soniya Ahmed for the production of an artwork exploring the concept of gratitude. Soniya Ahmed was born in 1997 in Iraq and moved to the UK when she was 13. She graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths in 2019 and is currently studying towards a Master of Letters at GSA. Soniya’s painting style uses oil and acrylic paints mixed together in an unconventional way to show human emotions through the transformative potential of materiality. This captivating style can be seen in the sample artworks shown above and below. Gratitude: Christian and Muslim Perspectives The Issachar Fund Art Prize is part of the ‘Gratitude: Christian and Muslim Perspectives’ project chaired by Professor Mona Siddiqui at the School of Divinity. The project aims to bring together scholarly voices exploring the concept of gratitude through academic workshops and community events. This project is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Issachar Fund. Image Issachar Fund logo Links Gratitude project Issachar Fund Art Prize The Glasgow School of Art Issachar Fund Image Soniya Ahmed painting 2 Image Soniya Ahmed painting 3 Image Soniya Ahmed painting 4 This article was published on 2024-03-19
