Tami was born in Qatar in 1999. She currently lives in Doha and studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts in Qatar. Tami’s practice focuses on collages, mixed media works as well as narrative-based paintings. Tami considers herself...
Read MoreTami was born in Qatar in 1999. She currently lives in Doha and studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts in Qatar. Tami’s practice focuses on collages, mixed media works as well as narrative-based paintings. Tami considers herself a process-based artist as the majority of her work is continuously worked on as if it were a journal.
The main subject of Tami's work is conceptualizing her experience with mental health and sociopolitical movements such as feminism. The themes they tend to work with the most are catharsis, emotion, sexuality, and trauma. By making art, they learn more about themselves and how to accept or co-exist with their thoughts. Tami’s art-making process consists of using journal entries, poems she has written, song lyrics or fragments from their conversations to visualize a narrative that they can later manifest as artwork. They enjoy using poetic and metaphorical language to create compositions or settings that generate unsettling poetic images that leave traces and balance on the edge of recognition and imagination. They like to also play with elements such as symbolism to maintain her art's private and personal nature, while still being able to create and express herself without boundaries. Tami creates work that appears nightmare-like and distorted, allowing it to maintain its sacred and healing purpose without revealing too much of the intimate nature of her art.
