Sara Shamma (Arabic: سارة شمّة) (born 26 November 1975) is a UK-based Syrian artist whose paintings[1] are figurative in style.

Shamma has a long-standing interest in the psychology associated with the suffering of individuals and has made work on the subject of war, modern slavery and human trafficking.

Shamma, was born in Damascus, Syria (1975) to a Syrian father and Lebanese mother.

[5] She was subsequently invited to participate in a number of solo and group exhibitions around the world, including Q at the Royal College of Art, 2013, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters' Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in 2013,[6] and NordArt[7] in Büdelsdorf, Germany in 2012.

In 2010 she was selected as the 'Celebrity Partner' artist to the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP).