Maysaloun faraj biography of abraham
BIOGRAPHY BSC Architecture, Baghdad University, Iraq Ceramic Sculpture, Putney School of Art & Design, London I am a London-based painter, ceramist and.
With focus on Lebanese and Middle Eastern modern and contemporary art, Abraham Karabajakian started collecting in the s..
Maysaloun Faraj
Growing up between the USA where she was born (1955), Baghdad where she studied Architecture (1978), Paris and London where she lives and works (1982-present) essentially contributed to shaping her output as a painter, sculptor and ceramist.
“I draw on my mixed heritage and contemplate the intersection of place and identity. Oscillating between 2-dimensional painting and 3-dimensional sculpture, I aim to explore and visually articulate the complex dynamics between overarching societal concerns and the highly intimate. Amid an aesthetic informed by architectural discipline is a complex web of references bridging east and west, ancient and contemporary, often pondering on ‘spirituality’ and the transience of human existence. Deeply rooted in Iraq, I have an inner compulsion to examine identity shaped by displacement, conflict, war, injustice, human rights, human wrongs, and beauty lost. Ultimately,