Amira

Over the years, Amira has run an art consulting firm, a marketing business, and been a podcast host. She has volunteered with several Oakland community organizations, and in her “spare” time, she has hosted a monthly multi-racial book club… and taught workshops… and directed art tours. In her fluid, multi-layered life, networking and socializing and down-time and social activism can all happen at the same time.

Time and time again, female-founded businesses outperform male-founded companies, by a whopping 63% in one study. ¹ In another, female-led teams produced a 35% greater ROI than comparable teams led by only men. ² It’s great news, then, that women entrepreneurs are on the rise – as of 2018, there were 114% more women entrepreneurs than 20 years earlier. ³ 

Amira’s paid labor hours are represented by solid, leather forms. Her unpaid labor hours – many of which have been spent in community activism – take the form of wireframe shapes, as unpaid work is typically accorded less significance in our society. Typically, empty spaces in the sculpture would represent waking hours when she was not working, but because her paid and unpaid labor overlaps so much, it seems best just to leave it loose. 

¹ First Round Capital, 10 Years Project  ² UNICEF, Investing in Women in Technology (2024)
³ Fundera, Women-Owned Business Statistics (2018)