Biography

Yasmin Idris is a Nigerian-British artist, storyteller & world-builder exploring surrealism and futurism to create new worlds and new narratives. Through film, painting & digital media she intends to use these fictional universes to elevate ideas of self, culture and identity whilst finding a balance between physical and digital realms. The London based multidisciplinary artist holds a BA in Architecture, which ignited her passion for artificial worlds. 

 

Previously, the lack of powerful representation had a huge effect on her perception of self. Her love for sci-fi & fantasy fuelled by her love for existence & shaped her outlook on life, quickly becoming her coping mechanism in the world. Her work often challenges societal norms and explores spiritual concepts questioning human existence and our relationship with technology.  She believes in the concept of art evolving consciousness and intentionally uses her work to do this. 

 

She is building her own universe known as the ‘MaybeArt Universe.’ The first realm she has created is called New Age Matrix inspired by the original matrix trilogy & the second is called the ‘Chaos Dimension’ which focuses on themes relating to her ADHD & finding peace amidst internal conflict. Whilst her identity has always been unclear to her, building these worlds allows for her to discover and understand fragments of herself in these imagined realities.