Farrah Skeiky

digital resident \ february 2027

Farrah Skeiky is a queer Arab-American photographic artist and creative director based in the Washington, DC area. Her work is representative of the DC area itself: a confluence of culture and counterculture with a focus on heritage, identity, and community. She collaborates with artists, artisans, and organizers to tell striking and unexpected stories.

Skeiky’s current work focuses on identity, grief, and reclamation at the intersection of cultural traditions, subculture, and sexuality. She believes in the power of photography as a healing tool; one that can break stigmas and harmful cycles, and rewrite and reclaim narratives. As a breast cancer survivor, she has been documenting her body and experiences post-mastectomy to better understand her own grief and power.

In 2020, she self-published a photo book called Present Tense: DC Punk and DIY Right Now, which documents a thrilling moment in DC’s storied punk tradition. Her work has been exhibited in Transformer Gallery and Spring/Break Art Show, and is permanently displayed inside DC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. She has been commissioned by Rolling Stone, Fender Guitars, PAPER Magazine, The Smithsonian, Allies for Trans Equality, and Shout Your Abortion. She is an American Photography 41 winner, and was a semi-finalist of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2025 cycle. She is currently a Hamiltonian Artists Studio Resident.