Sukayna El Hani was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, spending summers with family in Rabat, Morocco. Starting her artistic journey as a painter, she has discovered her true medium through glass, drawing inspiration from art nouveau and Moroccan art and architecture.
Sukayna received her BFA in Craft and Material Studies (2019) from Virginia Commonwealth University and interned at the Chrysler Glass Studio in Norfolk, VA and Starworks Glass Studio in Star, NC. In 2020, she started working at Anthony Corradetti’s glass studio in Baltimore as his personal assistant and teaching instructor for various classes at the studio. She currently works at Hot Sand in Asbury Park, NJ as hot shop assistant manager. In the fall of 2024, Sukayna will volunteer as a glass blowing assistant instructor at L'institut Spécialisé des Arts Traditionnels in Meknes, the very first vocational education glass center in Morocco.