Collection: Soulaf Abas: Transient

For many years I created works about the experiences of war, loss, and sadness in my home (Syria). What I saw on the news transformed what was once my home into a collection of images about destruction, grief, and darkness. I was sincere to that reality, and I felt it was my responsibility to share what was happening back home with the world using my artistic tool and my voice as an artist.  

All along, I was missing its beauty of my home, and after being faithful to the reality of war for so long, I felt a shift inside me that altered the way I see and think of home and the places that reminded me of it(like New Mexico). I was finally ready to create works about beauty, memories of places that shaped me, and translation of fleeting moments of peace and belonging.  

The works you see are about my view of home; how it exists in the real world and how it lives inside my heart.