Dima Sawa

Dima Sawa is a Jordanian visual artist based in Amman. Art has been part of her life since childhood and remained her deepest passion, even through years of academic and professional study in an unrelated field. She returned to painting with greater awareness, studied under the guidance of a Jordanian artist, and has spent over ten years developing her practice through online courses and exploring different art movements and schools.

Her work draws from modern realism and contemporary impressionism, moving between oil florals, quiet landscapes, and textured abstracts. Working with oil paint, palette knife, and layered surfaces in muted, natural tones, she lets color lead the work rather than forcing it into a predetermined form, abstracting only the elements that carry genuine emotion.

Each painting is an attempt to capture a moment of calm, silence, or balance: something that may not be spoken, but can be seen. Dima has exhibited with the Ministry of Culture in Jordan and has been featured in the Jordanian press.

Bachelor’s degree, Risk management and insurance 2004 -2008
Art academy 2016-2018

Fine Art Exhibition, Ajloun Culture Directorate, Jordan, May 2025
Fine Art Exhibition, King Abdullah II Cultural Center, Jordan, September 2023
Exhibition in Support of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, King Abdullah II Cultural Center, Jordan, May 2023