Yuhana Nashmi

Yuhana Nashmi is an Iraqi-Australian visual artist and ceramicist.

Early life
Nashmi was born in Baghdad, Iraq. His malwasha (baptismal name) is Ram bar Sharat Semat. In Iraq, he was initiated as a tarmida. He immigrated to Australia in the early 2000s after living in Amman, Jordan from 1998–2000.

Career
In the mid-2010s, Nashmi collaborated with Christine Robins (née Allison) of the University of Exeter on The Worlds of Mandaean Priests project to document the Mandaean priesthood. Nashmi served as a field worker and cultural consultant for the project.

In 2018, Nashmi created Sh-ken-ta, an exhibition of a shkinta (reed house used for Mandaean priestly rituals), as a site-specific installation at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.

In 2020, Nashmi published the book 100 Souls 100 Stories 100 Tiles, a collection of 100 ceramic tiles made by members of the Mandaean community in Australia. The tiles have been exhibited at the Campbelltown Arts Centre.

Nashmi also exhibited artwork at the Georges River in 2022. As of 2023, he currently works in art psychotherapy and ceramics tutoring, and runs NeshmART Studio in the Sydney metropolitan area.

Personal life
Nashmi has a Labrador Retriever named Neshma (pronounced []), who also works as a therapy dog.

Yuhana Nashmi is also known as Sheikh Alaa Nashmi (also spelled Ala’a Nashmi; علاء النشمي).