Leyya Mona Tawil is an artist, curator and cultural activist. She is a performer working with sound, dance, and hybrid transmissions. Tawil is a Syrian, Palestinian, American engaged in the world as such. Her work has been presented throughout the US, Europe, Russia and the Arab region.

Her work has been presented throughout the US, Europe, Russia and the Arab world. Her work as 'Lime Rickey International' has been commissioned by Abrons Arts Center (NYC), KONE Foundation (Helsinki), New Performance Turku (Turku-FI), Serendipity Arts Festival 2023 (Goa), ZVRK Festival (Bosnia), Fire Museum Presents (Philadelphia), and Walk with Amal (Washington DC). Her work FUTURE FAITH was nominated for a 2019 “Bessies” Award in Music.

Recent engagements include new digital work (Malayeen.Space) - developed at the Wysing Art Centre/British Council (UK), Sharjah Art Foundation’s Tarek Atoui Sound Residency (UAE), performances at The Lab (San Francisco), JAM3A Festival (Dearborn), LACMA (Los Angeles) and ISSUE Project Room (NYC). 

Tawil is on the curatorial team of the Live In America Festival and Southern Exposure Gallery (SF), and was the 2020 ISSUE Project Room Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow for her NOMADIC SIGNALS series. She is a 2024 guest curator at the Arab American National Museum (Dearborn) and also works with Al Bustan Seeds of Culture (Philadelphia) She is the founding director of TAC Temescal Arts Center (Oakland) and Arab.AMP – a platform for experimental live art, music, and ideas from the SWANA diaspora and our allied communities.

Lime on Bandcamp - here.
Vimeo showcase - here.
​Reviews and Interviews with Tawil - here.
Project list - here