Ibrahim Khazzaka

I am a Lebanese transnational artist who uses different hand-building and slip-casting ceramic techniques to form sculptures, with vivid colors, and installations that draw the viewer in and reflect on notions of affection, sensuality, and belonging. 

After a career in clinical psychology, behavioral therapy, and education in Lebanon, Dubai, and Los Angeles, I moved to NYC in 2018 Where I switched to focusing on developing my studio practice. In 2023 I earned my MFA from the State University of New York, New Paltz, where I had the valuable experience of being an instructor of record for foundation and ceramic classes.

When I think of cultural production, I am thinking of what engaging a material or a collaborator affords us in negotiating who are are as individuals, belonging to our global family. I also believe that innovation happens at the border of culture and that risking one's comfort zone is necessary for any creative undertaking. At the core of my practice lie social-cultural dialogues in place-making, interfaith dialogues, research in the psychology of perception, viewer experience design, and immersive experiences.