“Painting cannot be taught, it can only be found” (Pablo Picasso)”
Bio:
I was born in Ottawa, Canada on march 23rd 1987 and then moved to Helsinki, Finland, where I spent most of my childhood and where I first started school. At the age of 7, we moved to Biot, a picturesque little village in the South of France. Lebanon is where we finally settled down, my mother wanting to come back to her home town; it is where I finished my high school education in the College Notre Dame de Nazareth. Since then I’ve entered the world of artists as I have chosen to study interior architecture at Alba (Academie Libanaise Des Beaux-Arts), my second home, where everyone seems to be living on their own cloud yet in the same universe.
Statement:
I was too little to remember when I first started to appreciate art. I find art the perfect way for me to connect with the world, to eternally keep a memory. This expression is the language I have chosen to write my story to whoever feels like reading it. This is a way of expressing what can only be experienced, as words are just not enough to say what lies in the depth of a person’s soul.
I have tried to touch different types of art; I want to see it all. We live once so we might as well experience everything we are able to get a taste of. Music has also been a big part in my life. Ever since the age of 3, I wanted to play the violin. I first was refused at the conservatoire because of my young age but because I was such a stubborn child, I got my word. Not very long ago, I switched to a bigger instrument, the cello, on which I felt I had a stronger power and felt closer to. I also have one of the most amazing teachers.
My mother has always been there for my sister and I, pushing us more and more into the art world, connecting us into it in every way she could. I think I can say that the inspiration of my work comes mostly from my every day life and my desire to create a new world, my dreams and moments I want to keep. The mixture of civilizations I have gone through makes me what I am today. I am now exposed to a mixture of minds with the “shou tabkha ya Mara” exhibition which gives us the opportunity to show people what importance woman has in today’s society.
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