Shell Shapes Iii Drawing

The medium is drawing and painting, but my thinking is sculptural. My artwork transforms space. I’m excited to put graphite to paper and experience every mark. The graphite is an extension of my hand and my mind. My drawings are breathing, pulsating entities that vibrate with a life of their own. Naturally evolving abstract marks define a density of space. My paintings seemingly fluctuate between flatness and volume and appear to float in space. I was born in Egypt and grew up in Paris and Montreal and now live and work in New York City. It’s the immigrant experience. From the rumblings of the earthquake in me, yes, the uncertainty, the unknown, the apprehension, from this void, comes the need to create peace of mind; a shape of power, presence, and assertiveness countered by meticulously controlled, well-behaved, geometric structures and occasional playfulness, beyond the boundaries of what is familiar. It’s autobiographical. The idiosyncrasies in my work engage the viewer in exciting and different ways to consider the space and the art, larger than the actual tangible art.