The Notion of Place & Belonging

There is a preoccupation of explaining how we could describe ourselfs in a way that has been compounded at different places, times and in different contexts. As for many of transnational artists' experiences, included I, are crystallised throughout the social and psychological space that they create for themselves, at their 'sacred places' - studios, rather than homes; For my practice, my studio is a 'sacred' place and space. It is my 'home', 'mosque', 'church', and my 'temple'. It is the place that I belong to, it is the place of: searching/making - focusing/refining - observing/reflecting - observing/reflecting - responding/filtering - inspiring/influencing - connecting/exploring - interpreting/transforming - creating/documenting.

Autorentext
Dr Abumeis was born in Tripoli - Libya 1970, arrived to Australia 2009. He traveled, lived and studied in UK, the USA, and AUS. He is accomplished Contemporary visual Artist, who is passionate about art practice based research and art industry. His artworks have been collected in some over the world, included the Islamic Museum of Australia.