The Weight of Memory is an ongoing autobiographical series exploring identity, belonging, immigration, family history, and transformation. Through personal symbols and narratives, each work reflects on the ways memory shapes, fractures, and rebuilds our sense of self, tracing the emotional landscapes we carry throughout our lives
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Broken Identity
Size: 12” x 12”
Medium: Oil Paint, Resin Finish. Broken Identity uses a decaying mushroom as a metaphor for the fragmentation, loss, and reconstruction of personal and cultural identity.
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Hope Doesn't Ask for Permission
Size: 16”D
Hope Doesn't Ask for Permission reflects the quiet persistence of hope, emerging unexpectedly through uncertainty, loss, and change.
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— Somaya Etemad