“There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about.” Helen Frankenthaler, ~Artist
Research & Projects
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My research lives where art history meets imagination — in that quiet space where images become language and symbols become story. Each project is an act of discovery, weaving together design, photography, cultural studies, and the histories that shape our collective sense of beauty.
I draw inspiration from the great visual storytellers of the past — from ancient artisans and Renaissance visionaries to the surrealists and modern feminists who redefined how art can speak. Through this lens, my work explores how creative expression transcends time, transforming cultural memory into something intimate and alive.
Whether I’m tracing the sacred lineage of henna, uncovering visual myths of the divine feminine, or merging traditional mediums with digital light, my projects are guided by a single intention: to awaken wonder through understanding.
Each study, each image, is both research and reverie — a bridge between scholarship and soul, where history becomes personal and art becomes eternal.
frida khalo & Surrealism
In 1938, André Breton, the founder of surrealism, arranged for Kahlo’s first solo exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City, insisting that, although Kahlo developed her art in ignorance of the ideas of Surrealism, she was clearly a surrealist. Kahlo, said, however, “They thought I was a surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”
This research explores the concept on how the transatlantic encounter between Breton and Kahlo illuminated Bretons desire to proliferate a revolution using art and literature by diffusing Surrealism as a political-art movement.
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Henna Around the World
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Henna Around the World is more than a book — it’s a journey through art, culture, and spirit. It traces the sacred history of henna from ancient Egypt and India to the modern world, revealing how this living art has connected hearts, hands, and traditions across thousands of years.
Through art history, cultural studies, photography, and illustration, I wanted to show how henna is more than adornment — it is language, ritual, and memory. From the whispers of desert ceremonies to the laughter of modern festivals, henna has always told the story of transformation.
The pages ahead blend research with reverence, pairing historic timelines and cultural origins with my own creative practice. Every image, brushstroke, and design was created with love — drawn from over fifteen years of experience and a lifelong fascination with beauty as a form of storytelling.
Henna is my bridge between worlds: between the scholarly and the sacred, the ancient and the contemporary, the human and the divine. It carries the spirit of women who came before us — those who painted their stories in patterns and symbols, celebrating life’s cycles of love, birth, and renewal.
This book is a love letter to that legacy — and to the hands that continue it.
May these pages awaken your own sense of wonder, connection, and artistry.
Because when henna touches the skin, it becomes more than art.
It becomes memory.
It becomes magic.
