Airport | Watercolor on paper; 4 x 6
Aerial | Watercolor on paper; 4 x 6 and Afters | Watercolor on paper; 4 x 6
Aerial | An abstract of an aerial perspective. I used to wave to planes with my dad as a kid, just in case my cousins from Lebanon were actually visiting! I always looked up, and though I was waving, I always imagined the plane’s perspective. The world, sprawling in different colors, textures, sizes, mysterious, and then gone.
Airport | An attempt to capture a common dreamscape of mine. Airports and hallways, revolving doors, schools of people, schools of fish.
Afters | A reflection on the paths chosen. Yearning for the paths to be weaving together, fearing that they are an unraveling.
5 Questions:
1. My mother’s side is from Syria, my fathers side from Lebanon; both are Assyrian. Both sides of my family immigrated to this country to escape persecution.
2. I grew up surrounded by family. My dad’s parents lived with us. Over the years, his four siblings and sometimes their families lived with us for however long the immigration process was – as long as they needed to get their bearings, to move into their own homes. The process of immigration was a constant conversation throughout my life. Family and community always feel large and loud, filling every house, church, airport, waiting room, often becoming its own universe.
3. I was much closer to tradition growing up. So much of my relationship with home is finding the balance between my home, home. My parents’ home, home.
4. I feel the pull in varying aspects of my life. Some are more obvious, like food. Others are more subtle, like certain quirks in daily routines – a learned syncopation to life’s rhythms.
5. My hope is centered around art. As for dreams, I’m still figuring those out.
Butterfly Effect: Bridging Borders Exhibiting Artists
Aileen Nicole Castro • Akira – Light that Heals • Alejandra Lemus • Alex Covarrubias – Red Cave • Anna Silvonchik • Arte Duran • Bane.xxa • Christian Joshua Varela Solis • Cindy Uriostegui – Cattco • Cristina Marquez • Elena Diadenko • Elena Pach • EMNI • Gabriel Guzman • Grecia Solorio • Idil Duman • Isaac Galvan • Janis Appleton* • Javier Viñuela*• Kaltra • Kybo • Mariana Perez • Mary Antar • Pamela Rubi Trejo Soria • Peauxline • raqui • Riesling Dong • Rocio “Chio” Cabrera-Coz • Sailee Charlu • Shalala Salamzadeh • Sharvani Rathna Chittem* • Stef Skills • Victoria Park • *Group collaboration