Raisa
| Expedition: | Arabia Offscreen 2012 |
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| Date of Birth: | 19/04/1988 |
| From: | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Creative specialism: | Artist |
My work is deeply personal. I express my feelings, emotions and inspirations in both my artwork as well as in design. In my studio practice, I mainly work in printmaking, and through various processes, I translate my deepest thoughts through ink and different materials.
I applied to Arabia Offscreen to expand my abilities and artistic views and entered an etching piece due to the lack of local printmaking artists. The work represents a smothered and ill China Doll, squeezed in an old jar with fungi all around its face. This work is symbolic as it expresses a state of being where regardless of the situation a person is in (whether dead, sick, alive or depressed), people around will still talk and express feelings of jealousy, challenge, and revenge.