BIOGRAPHY
I was born in Paris and am of French and Syrian origin.
I graduated from P.A.R.T.S. in 2006, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's contemporary dance school in Brussels.
Throughout my career, I danced for several companies in Europe. I work in the performing arts world as a movement director for opera and theatre, a dance lecturer and reviewer and an artistic coordinator.
In 2017, I earned a diploma with distinction from the RHOK academy in Brussels after completing its 6-year art jewelry program.
I also work as a jeweler and object maker, combining performing arts and jewelry-making practices in my projects.
Several art events have featured my work, including the Paris, Mons, and Stockholm European triennial for contemporary jewelry as well as jewelry weeks in Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Brussels, Strasbourg and Melbourne art galleries, the Z33 museum in Hasselt, and Beijing Design Week.
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
I call on all my multiple vocations to produce a unique style.
As a jewelry designer, I question intimacy, care and social value. As a movement director, I bring out the body's potential through body language. My experience as a contemporary dance and performance reviewer allows me to reflect on societal issues concerning creators and their work.
My own work integrates creative processes from various artistic fields. I harness the distinctive qualities of each medium to inspire ideas, open perspectives, and elicit emotions.
Taking many forms — wearables, spatial wanderings, large-scale performative jewelry, interactive installations — I pay as much attention to how I present my work as its content.
I enjoy designing pieces that encourage the audience to engage in a kinaesthetic relationship with the work and make them actors as well, as I believe that the body is the embodiment of contemporary culture. Personal physical experience serves as a springboard for the mind to examine societal issues.
My artwork intends to prompt introspection and conversations extending beyond the piece itself.
CV
Solo exhibitions
2022
Brussels Jewelry Week, Belgium (BE)– Sleeping Beauty (+)
2019
Athens Jewelry Week, Athens (GR)– A Jewelry Piece
2018
Athens Jewelry Week, Athens (GR)– Curiosity , Joya Prize winner
Group exhibitions
2024
Brussels Jewelry Week, Belgium (BE)– Ring Of Shelter (Abri de Fortune)
2022–2023
Creative Nature, Mons (BE)– A Jewelry Piece
2021
BeCraft designers' Showcase, Mons (BE)– Curiosity
2020
Beijing Design Week, Beijing (CN)– A Jewelry Piece
2020
Athens Jewelry Week, Athens (GR)– Oxytocin (Red is the color of love)
2020
Budapest Jewelry Week, Budapest (HU)– Oxytocin (Red is the color of love)
2020
Z33, Hasselt (BE)– Porte Z
2019
French Institute of Barcelona - Joya Barcelona, Barcelona (ES)– A Jewelry Piece
2019
TempContemp Gallery, Melbourne (AUS)– A Jewelry Piece
2019
Galerie Art’Course, Strasbourg (FR)– A Jewelry Piece
2018
Joya Barcelona, Barcelona (ES)– Curiosity
2018
BeCraft designers' Showcase, Mons (BE)– Memories of Urban Routes
2017
European triennial for contemporary jewelry, Mons (BE), Stockholm (SE), Paris (FR)– Curiosity
2017
Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen (BE)– Common Ground
2017
RHOK, Brussels (BE)– Curiosity
2016
RHOK, Brussels (BE)– Memories of Urban Routes
2015
Vander A Gallery, Brussels (BE)– Memories of Urban Routes
Performing arts
2022–2022
Oratorio director at the Opéra de Rouen (FR) and Dance rehearsal director (BE)
2019–Now
Dance and performance reviewer for Pzazz.com (BE)
2017–Now
Independent jewelry maker
2014–2023
Artistic collaborator for opera direction for Clarac-Deloeuil > Le Lab, Bordeaux (FR)
2012–2020
Dance and performance lecturer at La Monnaie/ De Munt, Brussels (BE)
2017–2019
Artistic coordinator of the P.A.R.T.S. Summer School, Brussels (BE)
2012
Artistic coordinator of the Museum Night Fever at the Jewish Museum, Brussels (BE)
2006–2015
Contemporary dancer, performer and freelance artist
Artistic training
2011–2017
RHOK Academy, Brussels (BE)–Graduate diploma in jewelry design
2004–2006
Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S.), Brussels (BE)– Graduate diploma
2002–2004
Junior Ballet d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux (FR)– Modern jazz dance exam and graduate diploma with great distinction
2001–2002
Rencontres Internationales de Danse Contemporaine (R.I.D.C), Paris (FR)–Contemporary dance exam, credits in anatomy, dance history and music history
2000–2001
Centre Irène Popard, Paris (FR)– First year certificate
1993–2004
Tap dance, Paris (FR)
1999: Paris Region Competition, 3rd Prize
1998: National competition, 2nd Prize
1998: Paris Region Competition, 1st Prize