Identity Crisis Painting

Lara Sayegh is a London-based contemporary artist who creates works that champions female diversity. From a young age, Lara migrated from Iraq, and was raised in the UK. She understands the identity crisis that can come from being part of a diaspora community, where you feel you don’t fully belong to either your birthright or the country you grew up in. Lara tells this story through the power of portraiture through physical beauty, diversity and culture. Lara uses a variety of media, including oil and acrylic. She uses these to accentuate lines in her subjects to represent differences in culture.