Makda Embaie (b. 1994, Emmaboda, Sweden) is a poet and artist based in Oslo, whose practice engages language, embodiment, and belonging. Embaie holds a BFA from Konstfack – Stockholm’s University of Arts, Crafts and Design, has studied at Biskops-Arnö Writers’ School, and completed the post-master programme Decolonizing Architecture at the Konstakademien – The Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm. In 2022, she received her MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KhiO). Recent works include Embaie’s solo exhibition Frukten Mognar at Konsthallen Blå Stället in Gothenburg (2025) and the sound installation If joy was the door, what would be the room?, exhibited at the Latvian National Museum of Art and Malmö Art Museum (2022/2025). Public commissions include I remember all of you (2024), developed in collaboration with Black Archives Sweden, and the light- and sound-installation Gravel scatters time (2023), developed for the city of Gothenburg.

Embaie takes part in the June Exhibition 2026, titled Shifting Coordinates.