Biography
I was born in Loznica, Yugoslavia in 1985 as the child of a Serbian-Bosnian mother and a Palestinian-Syrian father. At my age of nine, we fled to Damascus, Syria. I eventually graduated there in 2008 at Damascus University of Fine Arts, specialized in printmaking.
I had to leave Damascus in 2012. I have been in constant transit my entire life. This constant transition, the nightly stories of my Palestinian grandmother and my work as a cultural mediator in refugee camps (UNFBA; EU & Non-EU) have inspired me.
In 2019, I began my studies in the class of Prof. Lucander and Prof. Saddler at UdK Berlin. In 2021, I graduated as Meisterschülerin at Universität der Künste, Berlin.
I am emphasizing themes in my art that have been constantly re-appearing throughout my life experience: being full of sadness and torment caused by the non-vanishing presence of war in my life; but, simultaneously maintaining the positivity and joy of a journey through life’.
Awards & Recognitions
2023
Research stipend ("Recherche Stipendium"), Berlin Senate
2021
Nominated for the Karl-Hofer-Stipend
2021
Nominated for the Schulz-Stübner-Preis
2020/21
Art in Exile a project founded by "Durchstarten", Berlin Senate
2016/17
Sheik Zayed Bok Award nominated and shortlisted for the section of children books
Exhibitions
2026
The Trace of the Hand, PAKD Gallery, Berlin
2025
HAU THE MOON & Tatreez Berlin
2025
Berlin Atonal, THE MOON & Tatreez Berlin
2021
InKOTAKT, Berlin University of the Arts,
Rundgang, Berlin University of the Arts
2020
Rundgang, Berlin University of the Arts
2019
Touching Syria, Storiel Museum and Art Gallery
2017
Syria Art Exhibition - Do Fish Get Ever Seasick?, Art Space DA, Southkorea - in cooperation with Syria.Art
2016
Castleton University Gallery
2014
The Last Supper, Solidere & Kozah Art Gallery, Libanon
2013
Object to Print, Showcase Gallery, Dubai
2009
Mustafa Ali Gallery, Syria in cooperation with UNHCR