Artist Statement
Coming from a rich enormous ancient civilization that once called Mesopotamia which amazed the world with its creations & achievements, but unfortunately has been forgotten through the years due to war & cultural upheaval, also caring an architectural & spacial interior background has a vast influence on my artwork which duplicates the events of inheritance and a panorama of traditional towns with oriental and ancient architecture combined with a contemporary imagery influenced by the historical aspects of life in ancient Mesopotamia & Arabian culture which create a bridge across between past & future which helps seeking my attempt to bring the viewer out of the normal burden life and into mysterious world of time & space in a three dimensional effect illustrated by using various materials whose technical name is, "applique` '' (mix media). My works reflect perfectly what I feel inside: sadness, happiness, feelings of hope and peace & love. It's a journey that I take with these human emotions through my artwork & my painting & express them with various mix materials, colors & textures...
The end result can give the viewer the impression and the feeling that my work is spread between the past and the mysterious future and observe from a different point of viewone world, not imaginary, but real nonetheless.
The colors I use are vivid hot, warm and natural feel to the viewer in an automatic connection with the city or territory represented. To explain the history of almost every work, I incorporate extracts of oriental calligraphy poem that complement the work in its brand.
Being a Canadian Iraqi Visual Contemporary Artist; my Artwork is inspired by the great civilization of Iraq & the Arab world, her architectural educational background was great influence to her art work.
During my architectural studies throughout the years, my style has changed & evolved gradually from paintings depicting Iraqi & traditional sceneries to 3Dimensional appliqué depicting symbolic abstract sceneries using different type of modeling pastes , gold leaves & textures.
my artwork represents & depicts the architecture & the neighborhood between yesterday & today & this is a bridge that I cross every day in my artwork, the one from the past to the present and towards the future & how to reconcile the three.this is my mission that I precede everyday through my artwork & inspire my audience and at the same time preserve a shared history across cultural divides is my biggest challenge...
The end result can give the viewer the impression and the feeling that my work is spread between the past and the mysterious future and observe from a different point of viewone world, not imaginary, but real nonetheless.
The colors I use are vivid hot, warm and natural feel to the viewer in an automatic connection with the city or territory represented. To explain the history of almost every work, I incorporate extracts of oriental calligraphy poem that complement the work in its brand.
Being a Canadian Iraqi Visual Contemporary Artist; my Artwork is inspired by the great civilization of Iraq & the Arab world, her architectural educational background was great influence to her art work.
During my architectural studies throughout the years, my style has changed & evolved gradually from paintings depicting Iraqi & traditional sceneries to 3Dimensional appliqué depicting symbolic abstract sceneries using different type of modeling pastes , gold leaves & textures.
my artwork represents & depicts the architecture & the neighborhood between yesterday & today & this is a bridge that I cross every day in my artwork, the one from the past to the present and towards the future & how to reconcile the three.this is my mission that I precede everyday through my artwork & inspire my audience and at the same time preserve a shared history across cultural divides is my biggest challenge...