Yasmine K. Kasem

Yasmine K. Kasem’s art focuses on the precariousness of identity and manifests what it means to be Egyptian-American, Muslim, and queer. She earned a BFA from Herron School of Art + Design and an MFA from University of California San Diego. Kasem’s work has been exhibited at Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California; Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, California; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis; Simon Subal Gallery, New York; and the Crypt Gallery, London. She has been a resident artist at Bread and Salt and 1805 Gallery in San Diego, and her work has been featured in HereIn Journal and Art and Cake. She lives and works in San Diego.