Gfn X Artist

Opening day of Moving — Transfer تنقيل at the curated by and .

Excited to share that now three edited photographs from my family archive will be a part of this group exhibition. This project focuses on the feelings and moments centered around the connection and sharing of knowledge, traditions, and culture through generations.

The exhibition dates and locations:

‎‏🔹September 28 - October 27

‎‏🔹November 3 - November 23 .gallery

‎‏🔹December 15 - January 26th

Exhibition fliers by 💙

Wadi Rum pt. 1 | Landscape

Petra pt. 2 | Portrait

Excited to be a part of Moving/Transfer تنقيل curated by and . Thank you both for providing such wonderful opportunities to so many fantastic artists! 💚

Two edited photographs from my family archive will be a part of this group exhibition. This project focuses on the feelings and moments centered around the connection and sharing of knowledge, traditions, and culture through generations.

The exhibition dates and locations:

‎‏🔹September 28 - October 27

‎‏🔹November 3 - November 23 .gallery

‎‏🔹December 15 - January 26th

Exhibition fliers by 💙

Just a woman born on Land Day | 3.30

As a Palestinian, having the same birthday as holds a special significance for me. March 30th is a day of both celebration and commemoration, marking the struggle for justice and the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people. It's a reminder that our fight for freedom and equality is ongoing. But on this day, I also celebrate my own life and the opportunities that have come my way. As a Palestinian with a voice, I will continue to speak up for my people and their rights. Happy Land Day to all the beautiful and resilient Palestinians! 🇵🇸

“Blistered Rose” 🥀

newest song gave me an excuse to post this work from 1/13/23 🌹

A rose from the garden I grew up in, at my Jido, Tata, and Amtos home in a little town in California.

I was staying at their home during my Amto’s unexpected health scare. 12/03/21 - Rain outside but I needed some air, drawn to the garden where I used to run between the rose shrubs to play around my favorite water fountain, to splash in and play tag around.

Roses, even the name Rose is deeply embedded in my family. My late grandmother whom I never met, named Rose.

The roses planted all around the front and backyard by my late Jido that continuously bloom year after year.

The roses my amto and tata call me over for to pick a bouquet for myself once they’ve started to bloom.

The roses of which I used to pick at the thorns of as a child, nervous of their sharp tips, but brave enough to brace the pain when I would get pierced.

The roses I dry and save from every bouquet gifted to me.

Roses, roses, roses.

It has always been my dream to show my works in museums and galleries, but manifestation is nothing without applied and intentional action.

There’s only a few more days (8/14) to check out the Truth & Inspiration exhibition at the !

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Delighted to share that “Be, Longing and Never Home” (2022) is part of the second Amid Show and available for viewing at the Cincinnati Art Museum from 7/14 - 8/14!

My piece is on a mini tour in Ohio, thanks to the curators of Amid: and .artist.neighborhood! 💖

Poster by the talented: ✨

Excited to once again be amongst these fellow artists in the show: .kaa .it.up

“Be Longing, and Never Home” (2022 Digital Collage.

Thank you for joining me yesterday! I am so grateful to everyone who came to show their support and celebrate with me - love you and need you all 💖

My latest piece "Be, Longing and Never Home" was inspired by my longing for a connection to the land that my ancestors once thrived in, survived on, and were eventually displaced from.

I wanted this piece to include elements that represent my own personal life and touch on the collective experience of those who were displaced on this day May 15th during Al- Nakba (the catastrophe) in 1948. Zionist forces had taken more than 78 percent of historic Palestine, ethnically cleansed and destroyed about 530 villages and cities, and killed about 15,000 Palestinians in a series of mass atrocities, including more than 70 massacres from 1947-1949.

My dad’s side of the family were forced to flee their beautiful home and land on the sea in يافا (Yaffa) during the Nakba in 1948 and migrated to Amman, Jordan. For being indigenous to the land - Palestinians have been murdered, imprisoned, displaced from their homes, and ethnically cleansed by the settler colonial regime for the last 74 years.

Palestinians are still resisting the regime, brutal violence, harassment, torture and ethnic cleansing today, and this last week we all have witnessed the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh at the hands of the evil, bloody, and cruel zionist settler colony.

Millions of Palestinians today are refugees and the diaspora are spread all around the world, we must collectively know that we will return to our land and liberate our people who are currently resisting the colonial entity. Through acts of physical resistance, community and support through education, art, music, writing, journalism, and media - we have the ability to expose the truth and fight for the liberation of our people.

Excited to share I will be hosting a viewing party for my latest art piece “Be, Longing and Never Home” at my studio that will be for the Amid show by and .artist.neighborhood!

Please join me and loved ones at my studio to view the piece by dropping into the studio on Saturday 5/14 from 1pm - 11pm!

For the Eventbrite and more details, check the link in my bio!

Hope to see you there 💖

Poster by:

Friends 💚 My latest piece "Be, Longing and Never Home" will be featured in from 5/14 - 6/18 in Cincinnati Ohio amongst 7 other talented q***r and women Palestinian artists' works!

Extremely grateful for the opportunities and doors this has opened up and only have Noel and Iman .artist.neighborhood to thank for this!

"Amid is the first collection of sentiments from q***r and women Palestinian artists brought to Cincinnati, Ohio from Palestine and the diaspora. Focusing on the in-between, the artists will connect to the bodies of land and water. Bringing artists together from across land and sea, the exhibition will celebrate both feminine and q***r identities in Palestinian culture and art. This project is meant to connect the Greater Cincinnati community with Palestinians, building a bridge and chance for collaboration between these two cultures."

Many more details coming soon! ✨

hi or whatever 💚 this happened a couple weeks ago 🧪 thank you .bd 💖

a unique space: 🥛10/26/21

realm: meta-rchitecture vacation

a foodie artist goes to .sf

While I’m in Puerto Vallarta working on some commissions, I’ve collaborated with a local canvas stretcher and framer to get one of my largest paintings up and ready to hang! 🧿

As some of you may know, I offer canvas stretching services in the Bay Area at my studio, but since I’m traveling and don’t have my supplies - I’ve been reaching out to local artists and crafts people to assist me in completing my projects 💗

If you are interested in a custom piece or prints, please DM me or use the contact form on gfnXartist.com!  Looking forward to collaborating ✨

gfn X día de mu***os

Extremely grateful to be in Mexico to experience this beautiful cultural tradition. It makes me reflect on how my own culture truly has not embraced death as part of our cycle and has a completely different way of honoring loved ones. It’s definitely taboo and almost nonexistent to be so vulnerable to the topic of death in Arab culture.

One thing I’ve adopted for honoring those who’ve passed, as well as my ancestors is asking them to come along with me on my adventures and travels. Your spirit guides deserve to be invited into both mundane and adventurous tasks. I ask my spirit guides to join me on long car rides or trips to the park, to watch the sunset, cooking a traditional meal, anything really! It’s a way to honor them and acknowledge that you’re able to feel their presence and want them to join you in experiencing joy 🌞

See how making that intention changes your own experience and helps you embrace the present moment❣️

reminds me of lebanon and the veins on my eyelids

absorbing the colors

يافا // Jaffa, the sea and land of my ancestors 🌊

سكر على المربى

Cute commission for a modern beach apartment elevated the entire room’s style by adding framed photographs! (See last photo for before, previous paintings by me in 2017)

This photo series comes from a color-trial palette for a larger abstract painting I am working on. I fell in love with the colors and the textures, hues, and marbled-fossil look of these acrylic mediums and just had to photograph them! These two photos were my favorite and work perfectly for this room, bringing in more color and complex dimension.

I love creating unique and stylish pieces for clients' homes and am extremely grateful for those who believe in my vision and let my creativity run free.

Don’t limit yourself or your home to one style or medium! Decorating with framed digital photos, painted canvases, wood, and metal wall pieces add dimension and eye-pleasing variety to your home while supporting multiple artists and artistic styles!

If you are interested in custom or larger prints of any of the pieces or prints that are not listed on my website, please DM me or use the contact form on gfnXartist.com! Looking forward to collaborating ❣️

For more interiors, check out my site - link in bio!

i long for your tracks in false fossils

neon dreams, longing for travel

It’s been brought to my attention that many of you are wanting to create but are not able to give yourself the time and energy to because of self-limiting beliefs.

One of the most common self-limiting belief most people convince themselves of is that they are not “creative” beings.

I would like to remind you all that you are all creations and have all the creativity in the palms of your hands and in the eyes of your heart.

If you are afraid of judgement, that is just your perfectionist mindset that is judging - no one else. And if others are really willing to harshly criticize or judge you for the way you so choose to create, well they too are projecting because they too don’t give themselves the beauty of creation and the freedom to express themselves through art.

We all have something unique to share with others, our own stories, experiences and interpretations. Don’t you ever think you aren’t a creator, we have been created to create.

Do with that as you choose 💖

Very happy to have stumbled upon this building again!!

In 2016 I took a photo of one of the beautiful doors (slide to see) which was the background on my phone for a very long time. For the life of me I could not remember what street it was on, then I come to find out it’s at the end of my favorite streets that I like to shop around on and pick up baked goods from! Last weekend I drove to Schubert’s after Ocean Beach and found it again ✨ The reason I haven’t been able to find it is because I only discovered it during a short walk from a bus transfer that I took once to the golden gate bridge from Park Presidio.

Anyways, I’m going to be working with the images I took for another digital project and just wanted to share a little tidbit about how some of my projects manifest from my experiences. Stay curious and keep exploring, happy Sunday 💖🏛

imaginary places in realistic spaces // where you are and where i want to be

🔻Into the unknown 🔺

Feel good about yourself
Feel good about your life
You are emotionally healthy
You are emotionally vibrant

There is beauty all around you
The same beauty that you see
Is a reflection of you

You are beautiful

You are vibrant energy and divine love
You are cosmic bliss and universal light

Every breath brings you bliss
Every breath brings you light
Follow your breath into bliss
Follow your breath into light

It’s okay to play. It’s okay to dance
Embrace the play that is life
Embrace the dance that is life

Embrace your body
Accept your body

Embrace your masculine energy
Embrace your feminine energy
Express them in a healthy way

You are strong and confident
You are sensual and nurturing

It’s okay to dream
It’s okay to imagine

Allow your inner child to roam free
Allow your soul to dance and explore

Use your creative gifts to heal yourself
Use your creative gifts to heal the world

Life is a beautiful story, embrace your
Role in this cosmic play

Feel the presence of Spirit all around you
Feel the protection of your ancestors all around you

You are nurtured
You are supported
You are cared for

Embrace yourself
Embrace your journey
Embrace your life
Embrace this moment

- part of Embrace yourself (Sacral Chakra Meditation) by ’s Self Care Package 💚💚💚

“Where You Are”
Hyper-edited digital photograph

If you're wondering if I have an obsession with columns, you're right - but of course it's more than that.

"…Neoteric Renaissance is quite simply, the emergence of decolonization and individual liberation represented through the current and existing molds of the art world. Existing structures of these civilizations that once ruled over the span of centuries should strike all with the harsh reality of what once was, and still is…”

Read more about the story behind Neoteric Renaissance on my site under "Projects" link in bio! 🏛

some of my favorite hobbies include minding my business and doing me 👾

What’s in MY protection bag you ask? 🧿Just the essentials; sanitizer, headphones, my tarot deck, sunnies, journal supplies, my favorite lip liner, fragrance oil and a sketchbook! 🌸
Selling these hand painted cuties at tomorrow!! ✨

Hi friends! Excited to share I’ll be featuring some of my work over at this Friday from 5-9pm! 💚 You’ll be able to walk through downtown Vallejo and view beautiful pieces from local artists, support them and enjoy delicious food from the vendors!
I’ll be selling some cute totes, pillow cases as well as paintings from two different abstract paint series I’ve been working on! 🧪
I’ll be on Georgia street, hope to see you there! 💚🤍💙 come thru to my studio after for a little kick back afterwards!✨

DM me or use the contact form on my site for commissions, photos, artwork or if you're looking to collaborate! 
For more works and other collections visit gfnXartist.com 🧿
Link in bio!

Stop 🛑 policing women about their bodies and how they wear their hair

I remember growing up people always told me to straighten my hair, to lose weight or to shave my unibrow 🥴

Well guess what, these camel lashes are REAL, this hair has NO products in it and my eyebrows have not been touched in 10 years (eyebrow appointments WHO) and my ass is all natural fat and muscle 🍑

Everything that set me apart from the people around me is everything they wanna have now. That’s when i realized their policing was a reflection of who they wished they could be - me.

You want the thick brows, thick curly hair, thick thighs and ass but you can’t even embrace me and my culture?

This year i’ve focused on maintaining and cultivating relationships and friendships with those who are COMMITTED to understanding me and who I am.

Misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, fatphobes - you know where the unfollow button is 😘

Photos are not retouched or edited, I’m committed to being transparent about when I do edit my photos.

It’s Juneteenth and two things that are incredibly important to me and my studio are community support and mutual aid! I believe that the only answer going forward in reparations and charitable donations should be given via

I’m SO excited to share that $3,361 was donated in 2020! Most of this aid went to Black and QTPOC, Lebanese families effected by the 2020 bombing, as well as families in California who were impacted by the fires.

I know this year I'll be donating at least double that! With every purchase you make on my site, 15% of profits will be donated back into the community - whether that is through direct mutual aid or by providing assistance to in the !

Thank you to everyone so far who has ordered a print, commissioned me or have supported my creativity thus far 🙏

I’m really looking forward to the new work I’ll be able to do now that my art studio is in the Arts + Entertainment District in Historic Downtown Vallejo! Can’t wait to share what my next plans are to give back to my ✨

switched up on him so he doesn’t catch me on folsom 🕸

respectfully, to my last Lebanese fling

“Rocky Moods” print available on gfnXartist.com - link in bio!

15% of the proceeds from this series will be donated as direct mutual aid to LGBTQ Lebanese and Palestinians in need of support. Thank you to all who have placed an order, I appreciate y’all 💙

In awe of this beautiful Ammonite fossil pendant that brought to life for me! 😍 This particular fossil caught my eye at her studio during and I just knew I wanted it around my neck! Her creative vision and final touches make it so so special 💖

Thank you Deb for creating such a gorgeous piece for me to add to my jewelry collection! ✨

My latest commission and the cutest model! .
This Arz Jaj Photo Series (photographed 09/2019) features three photos from a sunset hiking trip to the historic cedars on the mountains, where we perched above the clouds and gazed at the warm and alluring sunset.

The hues and colors of the sky, along with the moody tones of the photos create and bring and invitingly calm energy to any bedroom, office or space! For more details about pricing and sizing, check out gfnXartist.com - link in bio!

15% of the proceeds from this series will be donated as direct mutual aid to LGBTQ Lebanese and Palestinians in need of support.

If you are interested in a custom or larger prints of any of the pieces or prints that are not listed on my website, please DM me or use the contact form on gfnXartist.com! Looking forward to collaborating❣️