Category: Visuals
Country: United States

About

Anida Yoeu Ali is a first generation Muslim woman who was born in Cambodia but grew up in the city of Chicago.  She began her career in the Fall of 1998 when she started out with performances in poetry.  Anida tackles many fields within the performing arts- her talents and interests include installation, performance, sound and video.  In her work, she explores the use of materials and memories to create and understand the connection between the artistic, political, and spiritual aspects that, together, create a sort of “hybrid transnational identity.”

Since 1998, Anida has been to over 300 colleges/venues with the pan-Asian spoken word ensemble. She has co-founded several groups such as: “Young Asians with Power!” Asian American Artists Collective-Chicago; the National APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit, and the MONSOON fine arts journal.

Anida has received grants for her artistic work from the Ford Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment of the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation.  She has also received recognition for her work in political activism- she was awarded with the Community Activism award by the Cambodian Association of Illinois and also was a recipient of Insight Arts’ Creative Movements Festival Award.