Rabab El shrife
I am British- Egyptian . Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
I had a suggestion from my tutor , that I have to take the photographs from the foam board because gave less value of my work . after that I decided to take some of my photograph out from the […]
I chose one of my art work to put it on the wall , with 6 Images. After that I put them on the wall, then I changed my mind Because I wanted to add another work on my wall. […]
I added some red threads on my final art piece.
Stitch and decoration are a symbol of pain and the dilemma of being a woman.
I came with the Idea of belonging or not belonging, which sometimes make me confused as a Muslim woman coming from a different culture to another country. It can be very hard to fit in, but we n be part of […]
I use Arabic writing in my artwork as a kind of identity. I explored the word freedom, and as an Arabic woman, I look for freedom, freedom of thinking, freedom of acting, being yourself, strong, and independent. I use a dry […]
This is the artwork I exhibited in FirstSite Gallery.
I decided to take photos of my classmates with scarf and without. I tried to see how they felt wearing a scarf which is a Muslim tradition. I also asked them to hold an Arabic writing in front of […]
I decided to make a piece of a cardboard. I peeled the first layer of the cardboard to make image of Egypt. I tried to symbolise Egypt as sunny country, warm , full of different believes. I added some of […]
Womb is a representation of a room which contains the female and the male. Both genders are equal as they grow within the womb. The mother in the Middle East is more important as the life carrier.
This is my website you can check all my work out there. https://rababelshrife.wordpress.com
I made this sketches to created the sense of being away from you country looking for your freedom, and faced the differences between yourself . but i did not choose yet which one I will do it. I am thinking […]