Embodied
Embodied
By Pamela Chrabieh
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▸ Features: Unique Piece Framed▸ Materials: Paper
▸ Art technique: Hybrid Art Printmaking Sketching Digital Art
▸ Dimensions (cm): 84.0 x 50.0 x 2.5
▸ Net Weight (kg): 10.0
This artwork by Dr. Pamela Chrabieh, serving as the visual identity for the Embodied Realities exhibition, is a symphony of interwoven faces and bodies, fluid yet structured, ethereal yet grounded. A complexity of corporeality, where the body is not merely flesh but a layered, storied vessel of experience, memory, and transcendence.
Chrabieh, with her iconographic roots, imbues the piece with sacred resonance. Faces emerge and dissolve into one another, forming a collective body that defies singularity. Their eyes, vacant yet deeply expressive, suggest an existence beyond the material, inviting the viewer into a contemplative state. The figures are not passive; they are in motion, stretching, reaching, embracing their becoming, illustrating the tension between embodiment and liberation.
The composition is a dance of opposites, solid and void, rigid and fluid, shadow and light—mirroring the contradictions within our own perception of self. The swirling lines and bold colors breathe life into the canvas, echoing the movement of the body as it navigates space and time, forging connections and ruptures in the process.
As the emblem of Embodied Realities, this work challenges the observer to reflect on what it means to be "in" a body. Is the body a sanctuary, a prison, a canvas, or an archive? Through this piece, Chrabieh does not dictate an answer; rather, she creates a space for dialogue, where the viewer is invited to confront their embodiment, not as a static state but as an ever-evolving narrative of existence.
Sketch on paper & procreate/digital art - available as a unique print. Price starts at 950$ for A1 unique print - framed.
About Pamela Chrabieh
Co-founder and Managing Director/CEO of Kulturnest. Lebanese-Canadian visual artist, researcher, activist, writer, program manager, and consultant with extensive 25+ years of multidisciplinary and international experience in university teaching, academic research, visual arts and art direction/curation, creative communications & content creation, as well as program management, training, and conference/workshop/exhibition organization.
Dr. Chrabieh holds a Higher Diploma in Fine Arts and Restoration of Icons (1999, Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts [ALBA], University of Balamand, Lebanon). She pursued her higher studies at the University of Montreal in Quebec - Canada: Minor in Religious Sciences (1999), MA in Theology, Religions, and Cultures (2001), Ph.D. in Theology-Sciences of Religions (2005), and held two Postdoctoral Fellowship positions financed by the Governments of Quebec and Canada from 2005 to 2008.
She is the author of numerous books, articles, and various publications. As an activist, she has been a member of local/international NGOs and a member of executive committees and advisory/editorial boards of several organizations since 1995. She won several prizes in Canada, Lebanon, and the UAE.
As a visual artist, she exhibited her work in Canada, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland, Hong Kong, China, Korea, the UK, the USA, and the metaverse.
Chrabieh's artistic journey, heavily influenced by her upbringing during Lebanon's wartime, has led her to seek connections between cultures, traditions, and digital expressions. Her childhood experiences, where she used art and music to cope with the horrors of war, laid the foundation for her lifelong commitment to healing collective memory wounds and promoting unity through arts and culture.
Her journey began with traditional iconography and icon restoration, followed by explorations in Kufic calligraphy and the evolution of her visual style, themes, and medium. Dr. Chrabieh's art has transitioned from traditional techniques to mixed media and digital arts. She draws inspiration from Byzantine and Syriac iconography, incorporating stylized forms and specific lighting to convey human divinization, while also addressing contemporary issues such as women's rights, intercultural dialogue, and peacebuilding.
Her art is a multifaceted expression of her identity, embracing her local and global experiences in Canada, Europe, and Southwestern Asia. Each artwork strives to bring invisible perspectives to light, convey fragments of collective memory, and bridge cultural narratives, ultimately sublimating reality without elevating it to an ontological 'hyper-real' state but presenting it as beautifully different.