مها شهابي

(Jerusalem - 1950 )

At an early age, Maha was a little child, when her parents have discovered her early interest in art, her expressive school drawings and indeed her early talent in all things of artistic nature. She was then immensely encouraged to pursue her amazing hobby alongside her academic and sporting studies. Summer holidays were packed with drawing tuition by the imminent artist Jamal Badran, who was a friend of her father. She developed a unique style of her own and was always given the necessary motivation until she blossomed and was sure to go on to study art as a higher degree.

Maha studied fine art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cairo/Egypt.

She successfully attained her BSc in Fine Arts in 1975.
Alongside her artistic interests and specialisation in art, Maha took up yet another successful career in aviation.
نظرًا لانشغالها في حياتها المهنية في مجال الطيران، مما لم يترك لها وقتًا كافيًا لممارسة مهاراتها في الرسم الزيتي، أعادت توجيه اهتمامها إلى الأقلام وأقلام الرصاص للتعبير عن أفكارها ومشاعرها من خلال الرسومات، وذلك بالتوازي مع عملها المهني.

As a multimedia visual artist, Maha explores the intersection of Islamic art & abstraction through vibrant colours and dynamic compositions. With a background in academic art training She has developed a unique style that blends Islamic style art & modern art.
She is constantly seeking new ways to push the boundaries of her artistic talent

تواصل مها الإقامة في عمّان، الأردن.

الأسلوب الفني

خلال السنوات الأخيرة من دراستها، طوّرت مها أسلوبها الفني الحيوي الخاص. وبدأت تخوض تجاربها التجريدية الذاتية، وهو أسلوب وُلد من أعماق الإبداع والخيال، ليُنتج تفاعلات بصرية فريدة تحمل دلالات متعددة، وتلامس مشاعر عميقة، وتتشابك فيها الأفكار والانفعالات الداخلية بكثافة.
Maha is a visual artist. Each & everyone of her artwork depict her thoughts and her inner feelings as well as many of her life adventures. Yet, very much contrasting with the practical working aspect of her life at the time.
She is indeed a most creative and versatile artist, displaying much talent in her artwork.
تمتد مهاراتها وموهبتها الفنية لتشمل تصميم الأزياء، وتصميم المجوهرات، وتصميم بطاقات المعايدة، وجميع التصاميم الزخرفية، وحتى فنون تقديم الطعام.

Inspirations & influences

She has been inspired by the prominent Palestinian visual artist, جمال بدران المعروف بشكل خاص بأعماله الفنية الإسلامية، وكان بدران أول منذ علمها الرسم منذ سن مبك. حامد ندى prominent Egyptian artist & professor at fine art academy, his modern style & symbolism in paintings were different from anyone else she knew at the time. It would be good to say in one sentence how different? بابلو بيكاسو & the renowned Spanish artist for modernism, abstraction & collage. أميديو موديلياني the Italian artist, known for his simplicity of figure & faces through his modern style, surreal & elongation of faces.

سيلفادور دالي influenced Maha for his Surrealism & colors as well as the magnificent composition of his paintings. واسلي كاندينسكي the Russian artist, very much added to Maha’s interest in geometric figures, clarity of the space in her paintings & the use of inspiring vivid colors.