is a Los Angeles–based sculptor whose practice investigates the intersections of gender, history, and materiality. Through an intensive process of carving and surface refinement, she produces sculptures in stone, glass, and bronze that resist fixed definitions of femininity. Her works balance sensuality with force, their polished surfaces interrupted by bumps, fractures, and irregularities that recall the vulnerability of flesh. By using deer as proxies for human bodies, Mahmoud introduces distance and ambiguity, allowing forms to be cropped, bisected, and contorted into charged gestures. Anchored in the ancient tradition of stone carving, her work reconsiders how bodies are seen, idealized, and consumed. Mahmoud (b. 1988, London, UK) received a BFA from the Goldsmiths Univerity of London and an MFA from the University of Southern California. She has presented solo exhibitions at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles; Soft Opening, London; and galleries and nonprofit spaces in Los Angeles and New York. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
