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Bio:
Sally Khoury, born in 1981, is a painter living in Beirut. Having lived outside of Lebanon most of her life, her unique perspective on Lebanese culture is portrayed in her work as she paints the many faces of women. She has been painting and drawing most of her life and has enjoyed exploring many different styles until recently settling on a mixture of abstract and realism. She graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Since then, she has been exhibiting her work in various clubs, pubs, restaurants, and cafes around Beirut and has thus taken a prominent step into the art scene. She plans on continuing her education in Fine Arts abroad.
Statement:
Throughout my artistic development, I have explored many phases in my artwork: abstract, realistic, expressionistic, and pop art. Since I have enjoyed working in all these different styles, my newest work collectively incorporates the styles to achieve an eclectic vision of beauty. My subjects are the various faces and personalities of the female psyche. My work attempts to explore the independent, beautiful, confident, and self-satisfying woman; the woman I strive to be. Most of the female physical characteristics I draw are overstated-drawn on large canvases- as a reflection of the modern definition of beauty placed on women. Inspiration for such works is derived from the world of beauty and our definition of beauty. I am also inspired by anything in fashion, from current trends in clothes and attitudes to current popular methods of beautification. Lebanon is a very trendy cosmopolitan country whose women strive to be seen for who they are, and I love exploring that aspect of Arab women and their struggle for independence and freedom through the application of the material world. My main goal as an artist is to keep learning, experimenting, and to continue creating something innovative and novel that will undoubtedly attract the viewer’s attention.
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