Yama Rahimi is a contemporary artist and activist from Afghanistan. He has a bachelor of Film-directing from the Faculty of Fine Art at Kabul University, and he is at the moment in last year of a MA degree in Germany. He was director assistant of Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan (CCAA). His focus is on video art, conceptual 
photography and conceptual short film. Up to now, Yama had participated in more than 25 Solo and group art exhibitions in Afghanistan and more than 15 different countries, including White-chapel gallery - London, Venice biennial - Italy and UCLA - California Los Angeles. Since his arrival in Germany in November 2015, he has had exhibitions at EBS - Hattenheim, Frauen Museum - Wiesbaden and Nassauischerkunstverein - Wiesbaden.