Leyya Mona Tawil [Lime Rickey International] is an artist working with sound, performance, and hybrid transmissions. Tawil is a Syrian, Palestinian, American engaged in the world as such. Tawil uses voice, transactive choreography, interactive surfaces and electronics to build hybrid performances and sound compositions. Her work has been presented in over 40 cities throughout the states, Europe and the Arab region.

She was nominated for a "Bessie's" Award in Music for Lime Rickey International’s Future Faith, commissioned by Abrons Arts Center (NYC) and KONE Foundation (Helsinki), and also acclaimed in Artforum International’s Performance Review of 2019.

Recent residency/exhibitions include Wysing Art Centre/British Council (UK), Arab American National Museum/JAM3A Festival 2021, PICA's TBA:22 (Portland), The Poetry Project (NYC) and the Tarek Atoui Sound Residency at Sharjah Art Foundation (UAE).

As a curator/producer, Tawil is on the team of Live In America Festival, Southern Exposure Gallery, and was also the 2020 ISSUE Project Room Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow for her NOMADIC SIGNALS series, which continues into 2022.
 
She has received commissioning support from Target Margin Theater's LAB 2019, Pieter Performance Space Residency 2020, Gibney Dance-in-Process Program 2020 and Kenneth Rainin Foundation NEW Commissioning grant.

Tawil is the founder and director of Arab.AMP – a presenting platform for experimental live art and music from the SWANA diaspora and allied communities. She is also celebrating 25 year as the director of TAC: Temescal Arts Center – a community venue in Oakland. At TAC, Tawil initiated and directs multiple community-driven programs including Dabke with Us! - Palestinian Dance & Music Program and TACmusic series.  Both these programs offer free monthly workshops and seasonal performances that foster discourse and growth for the communities that they serve.

​Reviews and Interviews with Tawil - here.
Project list - here