Farrah Skeiky is an Arab American photographer and creative director based in Washington, DC. With a musical background and a passion for cultural exchange through food, she creates vibrant, warm, personal images to help creative brands and individuals tell their stories. ✨

Formerly a publicist and social media director for DC’s top restaurants and bars, as well as Creative/Culture Director for The Line Hotel DC, she understands the importance of effective storytelling, as well as the variety of purposes every photo needs to serve. She strives to create scenes in which the viewer can see themselves taking part.

Her personal work explores the intersections of cultural identity, gender, and community. She is interested in healing through photography, breaking stigmas and cultural taboos, and finding moments of intimacy and connection in new places.

In 2020, she self-published a photo book called Present Tense: DC Punk and DIY Right Now. Her exhibition of the same name was Transformer Gallery's 17th Annual DC Solo Artist Exhibition.

In addition to photography work, she is also a part-time art framer, a dog mom to Bruno, and a Hot Ones aficionado 🌶️

  • Fender Guitars, Spotify, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Essence, AARP, NPR, Smithsonian Museums, Resy, Food & Wine, Buzzfeed, In These Times, Bandcamp, DC Public Library, San Pellegrino US, Great Jones, American Psychological Association, Sub Pop Records, Center for Disease Control, Washington City Paper, HumanitiesDC

  • Semi-Finalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (2025)

    Chosen Winner, American Photography 39 (2023)

    Second Place, Best Photography Services, Washington City Paper Best of DC (2021)

  • 2024 - My Shot: A Photo Exhibition (The Punk Rock Museum, Las Vegas, NV)

    2023 - Survive, Glamorously with Cassidy DuHon and Koto Langa (Ron David Studio, Washington, DC)

    2022 - harDCore: past/present/punk with Leslie Clague and Cynthia Connolly (Spring/Break Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA)

    2022 - Transformer 20 exhibition and auction (GW Corcoran, Washington, DC)

    2021 - Stop Motion @ Umbrella Art Fair (Washington, DC)

    2021 - Giving Black Women Their Flowers, with Tayo Kuku Jr. (Union Market, Washington, DC)

    2020 - SEEN: 20 years of Baltimore music photography (Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD)

    2020 - Present Tense, Solo Exhibition (Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC)

    2019 - Transformer 16th Annual Silent Auction and (Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC)

    2019 - To The Front: Los Angeles (Alliesworldwide, Los Angeles, CA)

    2019 - Stop Motion Vol. 6 (American Ice Co., Washington, DC)

    2018 - ExposedDC Fotowalk (Crystal City Underground, VA)

    2018 - To The Front: Nashville (Main Street Gallery, Nashville, TN)

    2017 - Fotoweek: Feast for the Eyes (Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC)

    2016 - Noise Body Music (VisArts, Rockville, MD)

    2016 - Damaged City Group Art Show (Open Studio DC, Washington, DC)

    2015 - Contrario Collective Group Show (52 O Street Studio, Washington, DC)

  • 2023 - Survive Glamorously: Images of Drag in the District. Featuring works by Cassidy DuHon, Koto Langa, Keylimehi, and Farrah Skeiky. Curated by Haus of Bambi and Farrah Skeiky

    2021 - Framebridge Union Market Store gallery wall. Permanent. See it here.

    2018-2020 - Public Art Banner Program at The Line Hotel. Temporary/seasonal installations.

  • The Phoblographer - “Farrah Skeiky Photographs Big Differences in the Modern Punk Scene”

    The Washington Post - “The Line Hotel’s creative/culture manager Farrah Skeiky shares her favorite spots in DC”

    The Week - “6 books that inspired Hanif Abdurraquib’s work”

    The First Ever Podcast with Jeremy Bolm - “Farrah Skeiky: Having The Audacity”

    AdHoc - “21 Bipoc Photographers + Videographers to commission your band portraits, music videos, and more!”

    No Echo - “Photographer Spotlight: Farrah Skeiky”