American, born in Aleppo City.
1987 – MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York.
1985 – BA, Montclair State University, New Jersey.
I am a Syrian American artist based in Orlando, Florida. I hold a BA from Montclair State University and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. I explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, materiality, and critical history, incorporating a diverse range of materials significant in their engagement with Middle Eastern and North African-American communities through the lens of my new American identity.
Guided by experimentation and intuition, my practice celebrates storytelling and abstraction through the accumulation and adaptation of formal elements and figurative abstractions, exploring sustainable materials including acrylic paint, mosaic, and porcelain tiles while maintaining a distinct personal voice.
My art has been featured in public art programs and exhibited nationally, including at the Middle East Institute Art Museum (D.C.), Rowan University Art Museum, Montclair and Morris Art Museums (NJ), Miami Museum of Art + Design, Nova Southeastern University Art Museum (NSU Florida), and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (Miami). In 2021, the Art in Embassies program selected my work for display at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and the United Nations Headquarters in New York. I have received multiple arts and culture awards and grants, and my work has been featured in national and international media.
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