Joy In Narrative: Nayla Saroufim

July 9, 2022 - July 16, 2022

Opening: Saturday 9th of July 2022 4PM - 6PM

Joy In Narrative, Artspace Warehouse’s exhibition by Lebanese artist Nayla Kai Saroufim, explores the beauty and joy of storytelling through sculpture. Fluid and diverse, Saroufim’s artworks merge abstraction and surrealism in a rich fusion of pop art inspirations. Drawing from a mix of media, Saroufim has always been captivated by the dialogue between painting, illustration, and graphics.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1982 Saroufim graduated from Académie Lebanese des Beaux-Arts with a degree in Illustration and Art Direction. While working in the publicity field at several multinational advertising agencies, Saroufim began rekindling her interest in art. This interest was not something new. Ever since she was a child, Saroufim knew she wanted to be an artist.

Creative, a dreamer, and a lover of color and beauty, the artist’s personality is clearly portrayed in her art. A decade into her career as an artist, Saroufim’s work embodies her attraction to colors and interest in all forms of expression: especially installations. In 2013, after falling in love with metal works, she decided to focus solely on metal art. The artist’s fascination with themes of artistic tradition, contemporary popular culture, and the essence of global citizenship in a changing world is evident in her work. 

Her technique is unique and personalized: a fusion of mixed media and installations in layers of steel, copper, wood, and other elements. Saroufim strives to make her positivity and love of happiness appear in her art, sparking emotion and thoughts in viewers. She hopes that by looking at her art, people will realize that there is beauty and happiness in the simplest things.

Saroufim’s work has traveled the world, including solo exhibitions in London and Beirut. Her work has been exhibited at the Beirut Art Fair, in Singapore, and at Asia Contemporary Art.

Joy In Narrative opens on Sunday, July 10, 2022, with an artist reception from 4-6 p.m. The exhibition will be on view during regular gallery hours through Sunday, July 17, 2022.

Since the opening of Artspace Warehouse in 2010, the gallery continues to be an industry leader in affordable, museum-quality artworks making collecting art accessible and budget-friendly. With one gallery in Zurich and two galleries in Los Angeles, Artspace Warehouse specializes in guilt-free international urban, pop, graffiti, figurative, and abstract art. The expansive 5,000-square-foot space offers a large selection of emerging and established artists from all over the world.