The Confessions Questionnaire

Your name/nickname.

Salam.

Current mood in one word.

Phobia.

What is your favourite dish?

Dolma.

Tea or coffee?

Coffee.

Favourite place you’ve travelled to and why?

Hampstead, London, UK.

Favourite movie?

Rain Man.

Favourite book or poem and why?

‘The Meaning of Art’ by Herbert Read.

Three unique things about where you live?

Heritage buildings, arabesque style in Bazar, old tiles of ceramics in mosques and old buildings.

A piece of advice you’d give to your younger self.

Do what you love to do, don’t wait, time is running fast.

How do you escape a creative block?

Have a Turkish coffee, then go to the balcony, take a break but not a long one. 

Do you have a favourite colour?

Burnt (Siena).

Favourite art tool?

A pen, or wooden pencils.

Is your studio messy or tidy?

Messy.

Why did you become an artist?

Because it’s what I love to do.

What is the most challenging or exciting thing about being an artist?

From working on an art project, to then make it as an art show.

Craziest artistic experiment you've tried.

Making a Raku firing at midnight.

Funniest criticism you’ve received.

“Art is only oil and canvas”

Describe your style in three words.

Simple, Hard doing.

Most memorable artistic achievement.

to be chosen to participate in the Iraqi Pavilion  at the Venice Biennale in 2015. 

Dream collaboration (with someone dead or alive)

With my Father, Ata Sabri.

If you could exhibit anywhere, where would it be?

London, UK.