Aida Murad is a Jordanian-American Impact Artist whose mission is to help people feel seen, heard and loved through art. She paints with her fingers due to a past trauma. She became an Artist because she had Rheumatoid Arthritis. They say the darker the shadow the brighter the light. Her Rheumatoid Arthritis was her shadow. Her art is her light and serves as a light for others. When she was 20 years old, she was diagnosed with her shadow and, subsequently, semi paralyzed for 4.5 years. When she was in a place of suffering, she turned to art to help her heal. However, she didn’t paint with paint brushes, she painted only with her hands to demonstrate to herself and to the world that she is not damaged, and this dysmorphia will not define her. Previously Aida was an Economist and Tech Founder. Today, Aida is an Impact Artist who combines her expertise as an Artist, Reiki master, Intuitive, and Coach to create transformational art experiences and fine art by painting with her fingers to both beautify people’s physical spaces and bring healing (each art piece is infused with reiki). As of September 2023, Aida has sold out 10 collections and has been featured in 34 exhibitions including most recently at the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Washington DC, 2023 LA Art Show with MRG Fine Art Gallery and TEDinArabic in Doha, Qatar. Her art work has been published by the University of Cambridge with Ai Weiwei and featured globally including in TED, TEDinArabic, MIT Solve, Kelly Clarkson Show, Voice of America, Reuters, TRT World, Al Jazeera, World Bank and the United Nations. She is named as the 2022/2023 Georgetown University Artist in Residence to create healing art for the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and has been selected as one of the first Fellows for the Artivism Fellowship under global non-profit, Seeds of Peace. She has also collaborated with Grammy Award winning artists including the drummer from The Doors, John Densmore, to use art for social good. Her paintings have been acquired globally including by the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan, previous Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi and Manchester United, previous Deputy Minister of Culture of the U.A.E, Qatar America Institute for Culture, Board Member of the National Museum of Mexican Art and the previous Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under Obama’s administration at a historical landmark in Chicago. She has previously organized a mental health summit at the height of COVID-19 with Deepak Chopra’s foundation and has been a founding organizer for the first festival in the US celebrating refugee talents in the creative industries that gathered over 4,000 individuals at the Washington National Cathedral. Aida is a BMW Foundation Leader, member of the world’s first decentralized physical museum called Arkive, and has received numerous awards for women in impact. As an Arab and previously disabled individual, Aida hopes to open increased pathways for more minorities to enter the arts, transform spaces for healing as well as use art for nature conservation and climate change awareness.