Bint Al-Shalabiya is an experimental musician and interdisciplinary artist whose work is centered on the reclamation and revival of the desecrated feminine from the lands of her ancestries. Drawing heavily on a rigorous early childhood training in Islamic art and religion, combined with a decade of study as an Initiate and student of Sufi and Hermetic theurgy—her work explores contemporary applications of traditional esoteric + cultural technologies through performance, folk and sound art.
She occasionally presents, teaches and podcast hosts on Islamic metaphysics. Recent appearances, lectures and links could be found on the NEWS page.
Her visual and performance art has been featured in galleries and stages around the US, most notably for Black Sabbath, Copro Gallery, Coachella Music & Arts Festival, the Electric Daisy Carnival and at the Manly P Hall Institute of Philosophical Research.
SELECT PERFORMANCES / INSTALLATIONS
2021 Mareekh مريخ - Multimedia Martial Talisman, film screening + artist panel, Astromagia Conference
2021 Mareekh مريخ - Multimedia Martial Talisman, multimedia sound art installation, Los Angeles, CA
2021 For the Women Girt with the Sword, Cassette tape installation and video art, Coaxial Media Arts Festival, curated by FemSynthLab, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Tracking, Live art w/ sound and spoken word, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Transmuting Dross, Mural painting installation w/ live noise
performances, Elwood Arts Complex, LA, CA
2016 Of Crows & Nightingales, street performance series. Video by Snakebite Cortez, LA
2015 Of Crows & Nightingales, Installation, Downtown LA Artwalk
2014 Conjoined IV: A New Beginning, performance installation for Eye Level Studio,
Copro Gallery, LA, CA (Curated by Chet Zar)
2015 7Star Sun: Air, 3D-mapped projection and movement performance, The Vortex Dome,
Downtown LA, CA
2015 7Star Sun: Earth, 3D-mapped projection and movement performance, The Vortex Dome,
Downtown LA, CA
2014 Fairies Wear Boots, commission for performance & character creation for
video projections, Black Sabbath 2014-2015 Tour, International
2014 Moop Squad, performance troupe, Lightning in a Bottle Festival, Bradley, CA
2013 Bastet, Human Canvas performance collaboration for Eye Level Studio,
Images by David Gueringer, Published.
2013 Shifting Mayas, solo dance & performance projection installation collaboration
with Shoghi Castel De Oro, Atwater Village, CA
2013 Remover of Obstacles, street performance installation, Downtown LA Artwalk, LA, CA
2013 Nudigenous: Army of Love, Solo Ritual Rites Performance, Vibiana Cathedral, LA, CA
2012 Remover of Obstacles, performance installation, BobberZunZun x DoArt Foundation,
Topanga, CA
2012 Remover of Obstacles, guerilla performances and film, Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival, Indio, CA
2011 Spell on You, solo ritual performance with Sunevil LC & guest musicians,
King King, Hollywood, CA
2010 Nudigenous: Acts of Ritual Reprogramming, group choreographed & ritual theatre
performance, San Francisco, CA
2021 Mareekh مريخ - Multimedia Martial Talisman, multimedia sound art installation, Los Angeles, CA
2021 For the Women Girt with the Sword, Cassette tape installation and video art, Coaxial Media Arts Festival, curated by FemSynthLab, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Tracking, Live art w/ sound and spoken word, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Transmuting Dross, Mural painting installation w/ live noise
performances, Elwood Arts Complex, LA, CA
2016 Of Crows & Nightingales, street performance series. Video by Snakebite Cortez, LA
2015 Of Crows & Nightingales, Installation, Downtown LA Artwalk
2014 Conjoined IV: A New Beginning, performance installation for Eye Level Studio,
Copro Gallery, LA, CA (Curated by Chet Zar)
2015 7Star Sun: Air, 3D-mapped projection and movement performance, The Vortex Dome,
Downtown LA, CA
2015 7Star Sun: Earth, 3D-mapped projection and movement performance, The Vortex Dome,
Downtown LA, CA
2014 Fairies Wear Boots, commission for performance & character creation for
video projections, Black Sabbath 2014-2015 Tour, International
2014 Moop Squad, performance troupe, Lightning in a Bottle Festival, Bradley, CA
2013 Bastet, Human Canvas performance collaboration for Eye Level Studio,
Images by David Gueringer, Published.
2013 Shifting Mayas, solo dance & performance projection installation collaboration
with Shoghi Castel De Oro, Atwater Village, CA
2013 Remover of Obstacles, street performance installation, Downtown LA Artwalk, LA, CA
2013 Nudigenous: Army of Love, Solo Ritual Rites Performance, Vibiana Cathedral, LA, CA
2012 Remover of Obstacles, performance installation, BobberZunZun x DoArt Foundation,
Topanga, CA
2012 Remover of Obstacles, guerilla performances and film, Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival, Indio, CA
2011 Spell on You, solo ritual performance with Sunevil LC & guest musicians,
King King, Hollywood, CA
2010 Nudigenous: Acts of Ritual Reprogramming, group choreographed & ritual theatre
performance, San Francisco, CA
SELECT VISUAL WORKS
2020 Talisman COVID-19 Mask, mixed media, Autry Heritage Collection, Los Angeles, CA
2019 In Nomine Babalon: 24K Menstrual Illuminations, ongoing series, mixed media
2018 Dusky Maiden of the South, mixed media
2017 Abram, woven and textile mixed media
2016 Of Crows & Nightingales Series, 24K detail and photo print on aluminum
(photography by Aaron Paul Rogers)
2015 Maghfira, Lost Letters Group Show, Pitzer Colleges, Claremeont, CA
2015 Ya Mussawir, Ya Baree2, mural, downtown LA, CA
2014 Taxidermia Series, Uniforms Group Show, Linus Galleries, Pasadena, CA
2014 Neon Henna, Published in book ‘Duende’ by Sequoia Emmanuelle
2014 Taxidermia Series, FFF Group Exhibit, Irvine, CA
2014 Battles of Brimstone, public mural, Elwood Arts Complex, downtown LA, CA
2013 Eres Divina, ArtBeat 2013, LA, CA
2013 Mayya: Knowledge of the Waters, Shifting Mayas, LA, CA
(curated by Shoghi Castel De Oro)
2013 Thuban, public mural installation, downtown LA, CA
2013 Eres Divina, Atwater Crossing Group Show, LA, CA
2013 Neon Henna, Editorial in Kismet Magazine UK, Issue 12, Oct 2012
(photography by Sequoia Emmanuelle)
2011 Pandora’s Trash, Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA
2011 Pandora’s Trash, TRASHed Group Show, Freak City, Hollywood, CA
2011 Pandora’s Trash, First Place Award, Global Inheritance
2010 Global Hermit, Published piece and page in Latitude Magazine UK, Sep 2010
2019 In Nomine Babalon: 24K Menstrual Illuminations, ongoing series, mixed media
2018 Dusky Maiden of the South, mixed media
2017 Abram, woven and textile mixed media
2016 Of Crows & Nightingales Series, 24K detail and photo print on aluminum
(photography by Aaron Paul Rogers)
2015 Maghfira, Lost Letters Group Show, Pitzer Colleges, Claremeont, CA
2015 Ya Mussawir, Ya Baree2, mural, downtown LA, CA
2014 Taxidermia Series, Uniforms Group Show, Linus Galleries, Pasadena, CA
2014 Neon Henna, Published in book ‘Duende’ by Sequoia Emmanuelle
2014 Taxidermia Series, FFF Group Exhibit, Irvine, CA
2014 Battles of Brimstone, public mural, Elwood Arts Complex, downtown LA, CA
2013 Eres Divina, ArtBeat 2013, LA, CA
2013 Mayya: Knowledge of the Waters, Shifting Mayas, LA, CA
(curated by Shoghi Castel De Oro)
2013 Thuban, public mural installation, downtown LA, CA
2013 Eres Divina, Atwater Crossing Group Show, LA, CA
2013 Neon Henna, Editorial in Kismet Magazine UK, Issue 12, Oct 2012
(photography by Sequoia Emmanuelle)
2011 Pandora’s Trash, Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA
2011 Pandora’s Trash, TRASHed Group Show, Freak City, Hollywood, CA
2011 Pandora’s Trash, First Place Award, Global Inheritance
2010 Global Hermit, Published piece and page in Latitude Magazine UK, Sep 2010
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2021 Art + Magic, Artist panel at Astromagia Conference
2021 Herstory of Henna, Salem Witchcraft & Folklore Festival
2021 Introduction to Muslim Magic, Barzakh Collective, Virtual Live Webinar barzakh.place
2020 Hermetic Qabalah: Through the Looking Glass, FLO International Virtual Conclave, lvx.org
2019 Sacred Scripts: Mysteries of Hebrew, Arabic & Derived Written Scripts,
Los Angeles, CA [gematria+calligraphy workshop+lecture]
2018 #MuslimMagick : Magickal Heritages of the Muslim Diaspora,
Los Angeles, CA
2018 The Herstory of Henna: Community, Priestess, Ritual [workshop, lecture]
Los Angeles, CA
2018 Introduction to Sufi Whirling, private group, Santa Barbara, CA
2016 The Herstory of Henna: Community, Priestess, Ritual [workshop, lecture],
Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, San Francisco, CA
2017 The Herstory of Henna: Community, Priestess, Ritual [workshop, lecture],
Makam Shekhinah, San Francisco, CA
2017 Sacred Scripts: Mysteries of Hebrew, Arabic & Derived Written Scripts
[calligraphy workshop and lecture], Makam Shekhinah, San Francisco, CA
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