Studio - The Bomb Factory Foundation, Chelsea

Tutor, Central Saint Martins & Chelsea College of Art Short Courses- 2019 to Present

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Education 

PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication, UAL, London – 2021

Master of Art in Fine Art: Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London -  2019

BA Fine Art: Sculpture - Wimbledon College of Art, UAL, London -  2017

Foundation in Arts, Contemporary Art Practice, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent -  2013

Awards and Recognitions

Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) Recipient - 2021

Shortlisted for the Whitworth Manchester new collecting award for British South Asian Women Artists working with textiles - 2021

Curators' Space Artist Bursary Recipient - 2020

Mead Fellowship Grant Recipient, University of the Arts London, Scott Mead. 'I Have a Voice' -  2017

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) - 2021

Exhibitions

Solo 

“In the name of Honour,” The Old Police Station, New Cross, London. - 2020

Group 

"Social Justice", Venice, Italy (2026), 

"Home", Cupola Gallery, Sheffield (2026), 

"Silent Seed", POSK Gallery, London (2026),

Miami Art Week, Aqua Art Miami, USA (2025) 

She Speaks: Women, Stories, Becoming, Islington, London (2025)

"Diaspora and Belonging",Curated by Samar F . Zia, UAL Alumni of Colour Association, Mother London - 2023

"Action Against Hate: Diversity & religion exhibition", Get the trolls Out! and the University of Westminster’s Diversity & Inclusion Research Community, London - 2023

“Hysteria," (online) - 2021
“In-Between”, curated by Vanessa Giorgio, online, and TOMA Time Bank Space, Southend-On-Sea - 2020
“Captives of Habit,” Deptford x, The Old Police Station, London - 2019
“Material Gestures - Practice in dialogue,” “Art Licks Weekend, The Old Police Station, London - 2019
MA Degree Show, Royal College of Art, Kensington, London - 2019

"Dear_," 'Group Show, The Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London - 2019
“The Socio-Parasitology Manifesto Exhibition”, 'Group Show, Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London - 2019
“LinkUP-Motive,” 'Group Show, The Courtyard Gallery, Royal College of Art, Kensington, London - 2019

“Neulinge,” 'Group Show, The Crypt Gallery, Euston, London - 2018
1st Year RCA Sculpture WIP Show, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London - 2018

 BA Degree Final Show, Wimbledon College of Art, London 0 2017
“To Be Continued...,” Gallery of the College of Arts, Huabei University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China - 2019
“'The Currents of Identity,” The Crypt Gallery, Euston, London 3rd Year Sculpture Group Interim Show, Wimbledon College of Arts, London - 2019
3rd Year Sculpture Group Show, 26 Paces Gallery, Wimbledon College of Art, London Festival Collaboration, London - 2016
2nd Year Sculpture Group Show, 26 Paces Gallery, Wimbledon College of Art, London - 2015
Oxford Domestic Abuse Awareness Week, Oxford Art Week, The Archway Foundation, UK - 2014
Foundation Degree Final Show, Staffordshire University, UK - 2013

Workshops

Lead/Curator - Baytree Centre for Women and Girls Education, Brixton, London. "I Have a Voice - Using Textiles as a Form of Expression" - 2020

Lead/Curator - National Day of Memory for Victims of Honour Killings, A2 Dominion Domestic Abuse Services & Oxford Safer Communities. Interactive experimental drawing workshop, working from memory and storytelling - 2019

Lead/Curator - Rabbits Road Institute, London. "Thread Tensions "– In response to a screening of South Asian Britain on Film at Rabbits Road Institute. Exploring cultural identity through making artwork with clothing and fabrics- 2018 

Lead/Curator - A2 Dominion Domestic Abuse Services & Oxford Safer Communities. "Global Culture in Britain in Support of National Day of Memory for Victims of Honour Killings. Exploring cultural identity through Clothing and Stitch" - 2018

Residencies/Internships/Placements 

Edinburgh College of Art - Sculpture Court - 2019

Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust, Dorset, UK - 2016

Aldeburgh Beach Lookout & ArtHouse, Suffolk, UK - 2013

MDM Props, Greenwich Peninsula, London - 2016
Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust, Dorset - 2016

Articles/Media/Publications

'Diaspora and Belonging', UAL Alumni of Colour Association (AoCA) and Monther London, Printed Zine, London - 2023

'ACTION AGAINST HATE: DIVERSITY & RELIGION EXHIBITION, Printed Zine, Get The Trolls Out! and the University of Westminster’s Diversity & Inclusion Research Community, London - 2023

‘The Working Artist: I,’ February 2021 Edition, The Working Artist, Printed Zine, London. 2021
Mead Fellowship 2017 – Samiya Younis – I have a voice project by Careers and 2017 - Employability at the University of the Arts, London Online PDF (1 August 2017) http://www.annie-xu.com/curations/to-be-continued by Annie Xu curator, curation brochure online and available as a print edition, (April 2017) 

ST.ART, MIND X BODY, Printed Zine, Edition No.10, St Andrews, Scotland - 2017
’Decoding Masculinity: A Conversation on Race, Gender and Religion, Shades of Noir, Printed Zine, London ‘BA Sculpture - 2017

Student Samiya Younis Exhibits Work In ‘In the Name of Honour’ Sophie Kassay, Wimbledon College of Arts Blog http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/wimbledon/2016/10/21/ba-sculpture- student-samiya-younis-exhibits-work-in- in-the-name of- honour/ - 2017

“‘Whatitmeanstobe‘female’in’...,Atsekouras,News an and Events, University of the Arts London http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/47967/what-it-means-to-be- female-in/  - 2015

Collection 

2016 Mother, 2016 - Private
2016 – Set in Stone (Honour) - Private 

2015 Identity Crisis, 2011 - Private