The Poetics of the String and the Architecture of Flight
“Ayko”, a solitary bird from the Birds of Beirut series. Mixed media with real feather collage and Japanese-inspired textures, balanced above the Raouche Rocks.
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Art and Post-Truth: The Copy of the Copy in Beirut
We live in the era of the copy of the copy. Baudrillard warned us: the map replaced the territory. But my birds over the Raouché refuse. My Godivas veil instead of expose. In an age of post-truth, can art still be real? A philosophical reflection on simulacrum, soul, and what resists forgetting.
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Maternal Lineage: The Ancient Fire Beyond Surnames
Maternal lineage carries an ancient fire — mitochondrial DNA passed from mother to daughter for 200,000 years. A reflection on female heritage and art.
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The Sensory Vacuum— or why I paint what I cannot say
Wittgenstein said the limits of my language are the limits of my world. But what happens when you live in the in-between — Portuguese, Arabic, French — and still there are moments when all the dictionaries in the world leave a deficit of silence? I call this space the sensory vacuum. It is not absence. It is excess. And it is where my art begins.”
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Identity in Motion: The Bering Strait Was Not a Bridge
Identity in Motion explores Japanese-Brazilian-Lebanese heritage through grandmothers’ wisdom, cultural crossings, and the Bering Strait metaphor. A deeply personal journey.
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Beirut Birds: Invisible Borders and the Privilege of Flight
Beirut Birds series explores invisible borders that define our lives. A reflection on geographic privilege, resilience, and art born from fragments in Lebanon.
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Fairouz-Avatar: The Oracle we Didn’t Realize
Fairouz Avatar is a digital artwork from the Godivas series — a tiger-woman oracle where wabi-sabi meets feminine resistance in contemporary chaos.
