ROOYA

Black Sheep

https://www.instagram.com/rooya.rasheed

Location

london / United Kingdom

University

royal college of art

Graduation year

2022

Contact

A Maldivian-Australian artist and designer in London, Rooya completed her BA in Industrial Design from RMIT in 2012, focussing on bioplastics and waste reuse. In 2014, she relocated to London to pursue fashion. Upon completion of her MA at the Royal College of Art in 2022, she revisited bioplastics and transitioned to metal for sculptures. With a love for materials and collaboration, she intuitively expresses her work through waste materials that are multi-functional, often juxtaposing different mediums. Primarily exploring her identity, Rooya reflects on migration, integration, mental health and cultural preservation of Maldives, in the face of rising sea levels.

Latest Collection

The Wallflower

Royal College of Art (MA fashion 2022) Final Headwear / Wearable Sculptural Pieces (makeshift / multipurpose wear - merging art and fashion)

All headwear pieces by me - using metal/leather scraps

First 4 photos taken by Photographer: @kasia__rucinska, MUA: @post_katt, Model: @majdajohnpeter

Rooya’s work is about her identity as a Maldivian having moved to Australia at a young age in the 90s. Her work is a response to the effects of post migration and integration - and a form of preservation of her home country, should they lose their land in the future due to rising sea levels. She expresses this intuitively through sculptures and artefacts by reusing waste materials. Focusing on the symbolism and provenance of objects, where she juxtaposes imported elements with existing natural materials. A dualism that has been present throughout her upbringing.

Previous collections

Anxiety and The Masks We Wear

Latest Collection

The Wallflower

Previous collections

Anxiety and The Masks We Wear