Izza Alyssa is a graphic designer and art director creating exhibition space, performance, and print. She has collaborated with FIFA, the Smithsonian Institution, Qatar Museums, and Doha Film Institute. Her work is intimate and ceremonial, turning private material into shared, physical experience.


Currently open to freelance and commission-based work.



Education:


Yale University
Yale School of Art
Master of Fine Arts, Graphic Design 
2026


Yale University:
Cultivating Conversation Fellowship
2026


Stanford University:
Futurist Leadership: Thrive during 
Times of Accelerated Change
2024


Virginia Commonwealth University
 VCUarts Qatar
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
2021



Teaching Experience:


Teaching Fellow: Zine-Making
Yale Pathways to Arts & Humanities Summer Scholars Program
Yale University
2026


Teaching Assistant: Motion Design
Graphic Design, Yale School of Art, 
Yale University
2026


Co-teacher: Designing Lifestyles
Graphic Design, 
Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar
2023

Songbird, 2026
Yale School of Art Open Studio
Writer/Director

Susur Sungai / I Am Not a War Journalist, 2026
Yale Conference on Indonesia: Ways of Water, U.S.A.
Listening Room

Susur Sungai / I Am Not a War Journalist, 2026
Yale CCAM, U.S.A.
Listening Room

Choreography of the Everyday, 2025
Director, Co-Writer
Co-written and performed by Reid Hightower, Irving Morris

Cultural Misfits, 2022
Tasmeem Doha Conference, Qatar

Group Exhibition

Public Secrets, A Sequence of Spaces, 2026 
M/M Paris, France

Public Secrets, A Sequence of Spaces, 2026
Enter Enter, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Public Secrets, A Sequence of Spaces, 2026
CARA, New York, U.S.A.

Public Secrets, A Sequence of Spaces, 2026
 Printed Matter, New York, U.S.A.

Fireworks, Time Again, 2025
Yale School of Art Gallery, U.S.A.

Mafi 3arabi, In-betweenness of the Finite, 2025
Fire Station Museum Publication, Qatar

Mafi 3arabi, Moving Image, 2024
Yale CCAM, Qatar

Birth of a Child is Death to the Mother, To-gather, 2024
32 Edgewood Gallery, U.S.A.

Birth of a Child is Death to the Mother, Feedback Loop, 2024
Yale School of Art Gallery, U.S.A.

Jekardah, Keep in Touch, 2024
3rd World, England

Breath, Broken English, 2024
3rd World, England

Cultural Misfits, This Sand is Made of Stars, This Sea is Made of Pearls, 2023
Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar




Mural & Public Art

Interactive Mural, 2023
Pronto, Scale 7, Qatar

Mural, 2022
W Doha for FIFA World Cup, Qatar

Mural, 2022
W Doha for MotoGP, Qatar




Ensemble

Actor, 2026
Promenade, Directed by Camille Gwise

Peshinden, 2025
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, Conducted by Professor Sumarsam, Wesleyan University

Peshinden Singer, 2025
Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, Wesleyan University

Actor, 2025
Directed by Taisha Carrington, Yale British Art Gallery, 

Actor/Vocalist, The Throat, 2025
Directed by Shiyun Deng

Choir & Lead Singer, 2023
Music Lab, Conducted by Dana AlMeer

Band (with Fatima Ramzan and Mariam Kraidli), 2022
FIFA World Cup Qatar Foundation Stadium Activator

Singer (with RJ Hisham), 2021
FIFA Arab Cup, Qatar