Anida Yoeu Ali (b. 1974, Battambang, Cambodia) is an interdisciplinary artist whose works span performance, installation, new media, public encounters, and political agitation. Born in Cambodia and raised in Chicago, she is a first-generation American of mixed Malay, Cham, Khmer, and Thai ancestries. Her art investigates the artistic, spiritual, and political collisions of her hybrid, transnational identity, with a belief that in-betweenness is a powerful space for creation and provocation. Through her practice, Ali explores themes of displacement, identity, and resilience, often utilizing humor, absurdity, and larger-than-life personas to liberate herself from oppressive representations.

Ali’s works have been globally exhibited at prestigious venues including Haus der Kunst, Palais de Tokyo, the Smithsonian, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Musée d'art Contemporain Lyon, Jogja National Museum, Malay Heritage Centre, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Her series The Buddhist Bug—an internationally recognized, multidisciplinary work—investigates displacement and identity through performance and humor, earning her the 2014–2015 Sovereign Asian Art Prize and the 2024 Arts Innovator Award. She has also been a recipient of numerous grants and fellowships from organizations such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Art Matters Foundation.

Ali co-founded Studio Revolt, an independent artist-run media lab based in Tacoma, WA, whose works have won awards at film festivals, agitated the White House, and redefined artistic creation beyond the constraints of traditional studios. Her pioneering work as a spoken word poet with the critically acclaimed group I Was Born With Two Tongues (1998–2003) is archived with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program.

Ali’s academic background includes an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2010) and a BFA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1998). She currently serves as a Senior Artist-in-Residence at the University of Washington Bothell, where she teaches interdisciplinary arts, global studies, and performance. A recipient of the 2020 Art Matters Fellowship, Ali continues to create and exhibit art transnationally, splitting her time between the Asia-Pacific region and the United States.