Statement

My work begins with materials embedded in Gulf life, particularly agarwood (oud), textiles, and garments. Through these substances, I explore how memory and value become attached to objects and circulate across geographies and social worlds.

Through installation, sculpture, photography, and performative actions, I create environments in which materials shift between different states: preserved as objects, experienced as scent, reproduced as symbols, or translated into visual language. I am interested in how luxury materials transform as they move through systems of exchange, manipulation, risk, and speculation, sequentially shifting from material essence toward aesthetic surface.

Many of my projects unfold in spaces that feel both intimate and unfamiliar. Garments become structures, scent becomes atmosphere, and materials act as carriers of cultural memory. Some objects in my installations operate socially, while others exist in quieter, solitary states. In these spaces, risk tends to appear where people gather, while moments of calm emerge in more intimate encounters between the body, garments, and scent.

Although the garments I work with are often black and appear simple at first glance, their construction is deliberate. Panels are cut and assembled in specific ways, and the materials in my installations are always real. Even when this is not immediately visible, the integrity of the materials remains essential. Some viewers recognise these details and the histories carried by the materials, while others encounter them more intuitively.