Emii Alrai (b.1993) is a British-Iraqi artist whose work delves into themes of heritage, nostalgia, and the colonial legacy of looted artifacts. Through large-scale sculptural installations that mimic archaeological ruins and ancient monuments, she reimagines museum objects using plaster, clay and metal. These artifacts are often presented as decaying and deteriorating through her material explorations of forgery. Alrai uses these installations to critically examine museum curation and the romanticised ways histories are told and displayed.