Miriam Hillawi Abraham

Miriam Hillawi Abraham is a multidisciplinary designer based in Addis Ababa/Ethiopia. Born in 1994, she works at the intersection of digital media and spatial design to explore themes of equitable futurism and intersectionality.

She holds an MFA in Interaction Design from the California College of the Arts (2019) and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Glasgow School of Art (2016). Abraham has taught game coding in the Bay Area Video Coalition’s youth program for over three years and is currently a Mellon researcher for the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s Digital Now multidisciplinary project.

Her work has featured at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia as part of the Special Project Guests from the Future, as well as at the exhibition /imagine: A Journey into The New Virtual at the MAK Museum of Applied Arts, the 2nd Sharjah Architecture Triennial, and the 14th Shanghai Biennale, Cosmos Cinema.

Awards and grants include the Graham Foundation New Media Grant (2020) and the Gray Area Zachary Watson Education Fund (2020, San Francisco).

Residencies and fellowships include the Jan van Eyck Residency, Maastricht/Netherlands (2025, upcoming), ARD South Residency, Cairo/Egypt (2024), Pocoapoco, Oaxaca/Mexico (2023), and the Canadian Centre for Architecture CCA-Mellon Multidisciplinary Research Project The Digital Now: Architecture and Intersectionality, Montreal/Canada (2021–2024).