"I am an Iraqi-born visual artist based in the southwestern United States. My paintings and mixed-media works span nearly three decades and explore the condition of identity, loss/belonging, and the cultural imaginary of the 'homeland' through the specific lens of the Middle Eastern Diaspora artist. In my view, the notion of homeland is not fixed or static, but rather a shifting and organic idea that changes according to my own emotional states and inner worlds. Whether placed in landscapes of belonging, or negative abstract spaces of isolation, the female figures in my work explore the circumstances of planting roots in a new world, while remaining inextricably connected to another"--Artist's personal website.