Nadirah Zakariya (b. 1984) is a Malaysian photography artist whose work explores themes of place, memory, and intimacy. She graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, in 2010 and is currently based in Kuala Lumpur. She has had solo and group exhibitions in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, New York, London, and Japan; exhibitions of note include FLOWERS: Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture (2025, Saatchi Gallery, London) and Times to Come (2024, DECK, Singapore). Her most ambitious solo show to date was Feeling Feelings Makes Me, Me (2023, temu house, KL), which featured nearly 40 works and offered an expansive reflection on her artistic journey. This exhibition was followed by the multimedia installation Air Mata Air in 2025, which was shown first at The Back Room, KL, before travelling to the Indonesia Contemporary Art & Design (ICAD) 15: Earth Society in Jakarta. That same year, she was an artist-in-residence at the 6okken Artist Residency near Mt. Fuji, Japan. Outside of her artistic practice, Nadirah is an in-demand commercial photographer, producer, and director, the co-founder of Layar Lucida creative studio, and the co-founder of the Exposure+ Photo Festival.