Ishraq is a Jordanian fiber artist, weaver, and wool researcher. She holds a degree in Architecture from Virginia Tech and a Master’s degree in Textile and Material Design from NABA, Milan. Her interdisciplinary practice weaves together architecture, fashion, and fiber arts, rooted in critical reflections on process, materiality, and technology. Specializing in felting and Bedouin weaving, Ishraq employs sustainable, sheep-to-cloth methods of wool processing. She divides her practice between the Hudson Valley (NY), where she maintains residence, and her native Jordan. In 2018, she became a certified wool grader with the American Sheep Industry.
Ishraq’s artistic practice draws inspiration from the concept of ‘archaic revival’ and the return to ancient crafts and our relationship with nature-not as a literal reconstruction of the past, but as a creative reimagining for the present and future. In an era of disposability and novelty-driven industries, Ishraq works to restore intimacy with material sources and traditional technologies by sourcing and processing raw fibers herself, embedding her creative and technical vision at every stage of making. Her creative methodology dissolves the divide between the conceptual and the manual, between creative director and maker. This unity restores meaning to the act of making, positioning art not as an externalized process but as a lived embodiment within making. Creative decisions happen in real-time, expanding the boundaries of fiber arts. It embodies a philosophy rooted in presence, patience, and ritual.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at Design Doha Biennale, Diriyah Islamic Art Biennale, Amman Design Week, Dubai Design Week, Osaka World Expo 2025, and The Escher Museum. She has also exhibited in New York at the Dorsky Museum, Headstone Gallery, the Reher Center for immigrant art, and Riverfront Gallery.
For inquiries / commissions | email ishraq@ishraqraikat.com
