Saj Issa (B.1994) received a BFA in ceramics from Webster University, St. Louis in 2017, and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her work was recently exhibited at Felix Art Fair 2022, Los Angeles, Materials Fair 2022 in Mexico City, and she will participate in the upcoming exhibition Many at the Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles. Issa is a recipient of the 2022 NCECA  Graduate Student Fellowship, and has been selected to appear in New American Paintings, No. 159 MFA Annual Issue. She participated in two long-term residencies at Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design and Belger Crane Yard Studio. Issa lives and works in Los Angeles.