Born in Bangalore, India in 1974, Uma Rani Iyli’s studio practice has been based in the SanFrancisco Bay Area since 1996. She received her foundation art education at the College of FineArts, Bangalore. At the age of twenty-one, she moved to the United States and continued herstudies at California College of Arts graduating in 2003 with a BFA in Sculpture. Over the pastfew years, Uma’s career has launched with various nationwide exhibitions including the NewYork Chelsea based JanKossens Gallery and Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2018,Uma’s work was featured by the Zellerbach Foundation, highlighted with an interview in UnderThe Radar contemporary artists by ArtSlant, and launched for the first time at Miami Scope ArtFair. In 2019, her work was recognized with a nomination for the TOSA Award by MinnesotaStreet Project, the SECA award by the SFMOMA, and featured in the exhibition “WovenStories” at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History. In 2020, her work was included in Thede Young Open Exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. In 2021, Uma completedher largest corporate permanent installation commissioned by the Meta Open Arts Program fortheir Fremont, California location. Her fiber work was also recognized with Juror's ChoiceAwards by Kelsey Marie Issel, Arts Program Consultant & Co-founder of She Bends, and JustinHoover, The Executive Director of Chinese Historical Society of America, through ArtSpan's2021 Open Studios Exhibition at SOMArts in San Francisco. In 2023 her fiber work receivedJuror's Choice Exhibition Award by Renee Cyla Villasenor, Programs Manager & CuratorialAssociate at ICA SF, through Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.Uma’s work has been selected for 2023 de Young Open Exhibition at the De Young Museum inSan Francisco.Uma maintains two studios, one in San Francisco at Dogpatch Collective and another in Los Angeles