Amal Azzam is a Muslim American interdisciplinary artist based in Milwaukee, WI. Her practice explores the layered complexities of identity, trauma, and freedom through mediums including screen printing, found objects, fiber, and photography. She aims to reflect society back onto itself, showing its contradictions and the struggles of belonging.

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In 2025, Azzam was awarded the Mildred L. Harpole Artist of the Year by the Milwaukee Arts Board. Her work has been nationally exhibited at the Hunter Museum of American Art (Chattanooga, TN), the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI), Woman Made Gallery (Chicago, IL), and the James Watrous Gallery (Madison, WI). She has also co-curated exhibitions such as Wherever Home Is at the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters and Al-Nisa at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.

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Amal is also the co-founder of Fanana Banana (“Fanana” meaning female artist in Arabic), a Milwaukee-based arts movement that creates space for Muslim, MENA, and underserved artists to share their work. Fanana Banana has grown into a community hub for exhibitions, panels, and collaborations.

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Her work and story have been featured in WUWM – Milwaukee’s NPR, PBS Wisconsin, Artdose Magazine, Milwaukee Magazine, and Cream City Review, where her art appeared on the cover in 2024.