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Zakia Rowlett

Art Director and Interdisciplinary Printmaker
2026 Make a Wave
Visual Arts

Zakia Rowlett (she/her) is an Art Director and Interdisciplinary Printmaker who creates digital and print-based works surrounding identity shaping and self-devotion. She approaches printmaking as both a historical tool for knowledge sharing and a philosophical process for examining interdependency, with a curiosity around individualism turned into community focused transformation.  

Her fine art practice lives through screen printing, Risograph, image manipulation, process study, installation, and digital world building. She holds a BFA from Illinois Institute of Art Chicago. She continues to work on her advertising career focusing on multicultural storytelling, while exploring printmaking as a contemporary site for self-actualization. 

Featured Artworks

  •  A pink print of a tree labeled New Orleans September 2022. I'm A Work In Progress, 2025 Screen printing and weaving Image by KIANIJEE
  •  A print of a tree and other plants that is in black and white. The Other Wonder, 2026 Two layer screen print on drawing paper Image by KIANIJEE
  •  Eight printed images of a person in black ink on top of colorful paper hung on a black wall. Colorful Aura, 2025 Screen and relief print on french paper with latigo lace Image by @obiophotos
  •  An image of person printed in red ink that has been shredded a framed in a black frame. I'm A Work In Progress, 2025 Screen printing and weaving Image by KIANIJEE