Najah Alboushi

Oakland, CA

Najah Alboushi is an American-Syrian artist that grew up in the midwest. She studied journalism and studio arts at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and later went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree from California College of the Arts. Currently, Najah is living and working in Oakland, California as a stained glass glazier, lampworking instructor, and independent artist. 

Najah’s work emerges through multiple coexisting practices including sculpture, installation, and jewelry. Glass is a material she uses regularly. Within bigger works, glass is transformative and contradictory in many of its qualities; which speak directly to architecture and nature and their ties to broader social and political issues. Forms and images from these larger works such as barbed wire and bricks make an appearance within her jewelry.