The Semblance Series is influenced by a resemblance of the Arabic language’s shapes and forms (and equally, the love of painting exploration and mark making). The movement… sounds of the language, and speech, and of the action of painting…

Semblance Series

The newest series of paintings, Timelines, speaks of identity, language, society, diaspora, human nature, relationships...interweaving figures within brushstrokes inspired by the movement of Arabic letters. Painting figures found on my timelines is a way for me to reflect and speak on our shared human experience, and how often us humans are a “Collision” of “opposed ideas”, changing through the journey of time and identifying more with certain parts of ourselves during different times.  We all share memories, dreams and hopes, love and love lost, loss, and layers of understanding. And often those of us ethnically associated with the Middle East (or another identity as such) experience these tensions twofold, with so much more left unsaid.

Timelines Series

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'Learning to Walk' - We all grow up implicitly adopting and forming language, even if we're not taught we try to form words - we try to 'learn to walk'. Second languages, derived from our heritage, should come as second nature, yet often we learn to walk only when exploring our identity deeper, yet a sense of connection is always 'with' us.

Learning to Walk

The Body Electric...

The World Around Us...the beauty of the natural world, how can a painter hope to replicate - we simply respond.

The World Around Us.

These paintings are part of a project, shown at Whitechapel Gallery, exploring "Creating Art from Data".

I am interested in the relationship between painting and technology, and keen to explore the question; "Does Modern Life desensitise us or bring us closer together"? I'm intrigued by the transition from the sensory emotive nature of painting, to the digital...

I worked with a group examining these issues with publicly available data based on Transport For London (TFL)...as I felt I could really explore new ground and value the physicality of painting, and explore London. I am concerned with the Gaia theory - the sense that everything in life exists in a perfect harmonious, intricate, balance...how every organism affect another. Thi

Cityscapes - Bright Lights, Big City.

Recently I have felt inspired by the extra-odinary display of solidarity, togetherness, and warmth of the Egyptian people - congregating in Tahrir Square to impact change and self determination in their daily lives. When inspired paintings tend to flow, and so here is my artistic response...

Project Revolution

Crash...in respose to the World's financial crises...

Mo Negm