I am a painter. I am a writer. 

I am a storyteller. 

I have spent years reading stories. How do I tell a good one? I transform what one could be. 

I am from here. 

I am from there. 

I am Arab American. 

In my work, I pursue truth, letter by letter and let the ink drip. 

I am an artist. No medium, no matter. Words will fill the gap. 

I will write myself out of my own narrative, examining the repercussions of the past. I have always been afraid that my brain is a double-sided pencil, scribbling away with an eraser ontop, waiting to erase my existence. 

I will write with a voice whose sound never ends.

Info about the artist.

Rayya is a London and Beirut based artist. She is studied at Pratt Institute with a BFA in Painting and is a recent graduate at Central Saint Martins in Masters of Arts in Fine Arts.

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