Mixed Media Installation | Oil and Wax Pastel, Paper, Wood, Textile, and Faux Leather

7.8’x10’ (approx. 240 cm x 306 cm)

commissioned by SAC Saudi for its 9th edition 21,39 (2022) Jeddah Arts exhibition by the title “Amakin” curated by Venetia Porter

The exhibition toured at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (ITHRA), (2022) by the same title “Amakin” and curated by Venetia Porter

This artwork is an exploration of the artist’s complex identity, exploring gender, orientation, belonging, and freedom of expression through personal metaphors and universal symbols. Acknowledging my adolescent self through this collaboration, the self that had discovered in sketchbooks a home, a playground, a safe space, and an empowering armor. The artwork I have created for “Amakin” brings together reimagined elements from earlier works that are the culmination of years of artistic and personal growth. The viewer is invited into the artist’s psyche to witness a suspended moment in my artistic and personal development.