Rita Adib is a multidisciplinary artist and architect based in Berlin. She was born and raised in Damascus, Syria, where she received her bachelor’s degree in architecture from Damascus University. She moved to Montreal, Canada, to earn her BFA majoring in sculpture from Concordia University.

Her practice, spanning sculpture, painting, drawing, site specific installation and performative actions, addresses questions of power and care. Rita examines the body in relation to systems and structures of oppression, and how these shape our behaviour, perceptions, and ways of relating to the world, from the perspective of a feminist Arab woman.

Trained in both architecture and sculpture, Rita focuses her practice on public space. She uses public art as a way to make her work accessible and to directly engage audiences, often through interactive installations, where viewers are invited to touch, play, and activate the work.

Rita extends her practice into digital and virtual spaces, approaching them as contemporary forms of public space. Through illustration and comics, she engages in collaborative and activist work with politically and socially engaged Arab online platforms. She was a graphic designer at Al-Jumhuriya.net, the founder and creator of Her Dinosaur’s Diary, a feminist online comics platform, and the co-founder of Radical Care Lab.