Mixed Media
03 Ss / The Sting of Life
The artwork shows a delicate branch with clusters of green grapes set against a soft pink and white watercolour background. Intertwined with the fruit are two small, detailed graphite portraits: a bearded man’s face appears nestled among the... More
Mixed Media
07 Untitled
The painting shows a vivid pomegranate, split open and scattered across an tazhib ornamented golden plate, rendered on textured Japanese paper. Among the clusters of red seeds, small, detailed portraits drawn in fine graphite lines are embedded,... More
Mixed Media
06 That Moment When You Are Apathetic Instead of Excited About Your Birthday
The painting features a round cake set against an abstract blue-and-white patterned background. Emerging from the top of the dessert is a finely drawn graphite portrait of a woman’s face, flanked by two strawberries. Floating around the composition... More
Installation
01 Tongue-tie
This installation combines framed paintings and drawings with a painted, hand-marked wall surface. Each framed artwork is mounted approximately four inches away from the canvas, creating a physical gap that allows glimpses of the background through... More
Work by
Saruye S
Visual Arts, Drawing, Painting, Multidisciplinary Art, Installation, Lens-Based Media, Performance Art, Photography
“My work lives in the tension between precision and abandon, between the delicate control of fine detail and the raw immediacy of gesture. It’s a layered exploration of identity, diaspora, and...” [More]