Nimah Gobir

Teach YR Producer & Project Manager

Nimah Gobir is an artist and educator from the Bay Area. Gobir completed her undergraduate studies at Chapman University with a B.F.A. in Studio Art and B.A. in Peace Studies; she has an MEd from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus in Arts in Education.

Through paintings and installations, Nimah’s artistic practice. explores the nuances and shared experiences of being black. Her work draws on text and photo references collected from both family and personal archives. She has shown work at ForYourArt, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, The Growlery, and Root Division where she was awarded the Blau Gold Studio/Teaching fellowship.

City Voting District: Walnut Creek, D11

State Representatives: State Assembly (D16) Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, State Senate (D7) Senator Steven M. Glazer

House of Representatives: 11th Congressional district of CA, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier