Eve – 2016
Inspired by Islamic miniature painting, Eve reimagines the Creation story through a feminist lens. The print stages Eve, Adam, Satan, God, a cat, the Tree of Life, and a Uroboros in a layered composition of symbolic borders and spiritual tension. Fire halos, geometric backgrounds, and floral frames draw from Islamic visual traditions, while the figures challenge their constraints.
Satan, depicted as non-gendered and longing, is separated from Eden by the Uroboros — a symbol of cyclical birth and in this image also a boundary marking who is inside the Garden and who is excluded. God, immense yet cornered, occupies another bordered realm. Eve, central and radiant, confronts inherited narratives of power and gender. The work reflects the artist's dual inheritance: growing up amid gender oppression in Saudi Arabia, yet nourished by rich artistic traditions. Through screen printing and gold leafing, Eve asserts feminine agency within — and beyond — the boundaries of sacred myth.
Satan, depicted as non-gendered and longing, is separated from Eden by the Uroboros — a symbol of cyclical birth and in this image also a boundary marking who is inside the Garden and who is excluded. God, immense yet cornered, occupies another bordered realm. Eve, central and radiant, confronts inherited narratives of power and gender. The work reflects the artist's dual inheritance: growing up amid gender oppression in Saudi Arabia, yet nourished by rich artistic traditions. Through screen printing and gold leafing, Eve asserts feminine agency within — and beyond — the boundaries of sacred myth.
Eve — Screen‑printing, 31 × 32 in., 2017. Creation‑story tableau with Eve, Adam, Satan, God, the Tree of Life, and an Uroboros.
Eve (alternate version) — Screen‑printing and gold leafing, 31 × 32 in., 2017. Color‑variant of the Creation‑story tableau.
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Eve — Digital print, 2017. Color‑variant of the Creation‑story tableau.
Eve (detail) — Digital drawing, 2017. Black‑and‑white detail of the Creation‑story tableau.
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