Fakhriya Al-Yahyai is a professor of Arts & an Assistant Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research at Sultan Qaboos University (Oman). At the artistic level, she made 11th solo art exhibitions and more than 39 joint exhibitions nationally and internationally; America, Britain, Berlin, France, Turkey, Iran, Brunei, Zanzibar and Pakistan.

Al-Yahyai was awarded several prizes’ and win art competitions Nationally and Internationally such as; The Honorable Mention prizes 16th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2014, Munich Art Festival 2014, the 3rd International Arts Education week, USA, 2014.Won international competitions among (80) world women artist from (800) from all around at the International Museum of Women, San Francisco, USA for the "Muslim Women's Art & voices Exhibition" in 2013 and the competition of "Motherhood" subject in 2012.

She worked as an international figure in different associations to serve art and culture with specific memberships in: National association for school of art and design (NASAD), National Art Education Association (NAEA), International Art Education Association (InAEA), National Society for Education in Art and Design (nsead), National Association for Fine Art Education (NAFAE), World Alliance for Art Education (WAAE), International Museum of Women, San Francisco (USA), National Liverpool Museum (UK), The European Society for Aesthetics. (Switzerland), National Association for Fine Art Education (UK), and The Museum of Modern Art (USA).

She also awarded some national prize such as’ the First prize in the national competition of the annual Fine Arts Exhibition at the Omani Society of Fine Arts, 2013 and first prize of the media arts in the national competition of the Fine Arts Festival 2010 and the Golden Prize for Installation Art the 16th annual fine arts exhibition at the Omani Society for Fine Arts 2009.

Al-Yahyai has been chosen to Judge the most important and the highest standard national competitions in Oman, such as His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Prize for Culture, Arts and literature in the discipline of Fine Arts in 2012, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Prize for the Quality Omani Handcrafts for years 2016, 2013 & 2010, and His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Prize for the Creative Cultural in the sector of Fine Arts in 2006, and in addition to several art prizes, competitions and exhibitions national, regional and international.

She played a significant role in establishing a record for Arts, culture, and heritage by producing quality scientific research, books, chapters and critical writing. Al Yahyai wrote the first book about the Omani Arts Movements in 2006, which was published by The Arabic League Educational Culture and Scientific Organization (ALECSO). She also published more than (50) articles, around (62) Papers Presented in Conferences, and (11) chapters in International Encyclopedias. Published (4) books, (3) Edited books, and (6) chapters in a book and (18) Research projects funded by local, regional and international agencies.