Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992) is a Brooklyn-based, multi-disciplinary conceptual artist. Mohamoud’s studio practice is an examination of the gap between contemporary culture’s oversimplification and diminishment of Black people, compared to the complexity, richness, and diversity of their actual lived experiences. Esmaa Mohamoud’s upcoming solo exhibition COMPLEX DREAMS serves as the Broad Art Museum’s inaugural Signature Commission Series, where internationally renowned artists are invited to respond directly to the iconic architecture designed by Zaha Hadid. Mohamoud has also staged solo exhibitions for Georgia Scherman Projects (Toronto), Arsenal Contemporary (New York), Kavi Gupta Gallery (Chicago) and across Canada through her touring museum exhibition Esmaa Mohamoud: To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat. Esmaa’s work has been featured in group exhibitions including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, CA), Museum of Art and Design, (New York, NY), Albright -Knox Museum (Buffalo, NY). In 2021, Mohamoud was an Artist-in-Residence in Kehinde Wiley’s renowned Black Rock Senegal residency program in Dakar, Senegal. Her work is held in both private and public international collections including: Musee des Beaux Art, (Montreal), National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Art Gallery of Hamilton (Hamilton), The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and Weatherspoon Museum Art Museum (North Carolina).