Testimonials

"Sherihan Khalil’s work is a fusion of history and personal experience, drawing from the rich visual languages of Afghan rugs, tribal tattoos, and prehistoric Iraqi cave art. Weaving abstraction with figurative elements, she creates layered compositions that echo lost stories and cultural resilience. Her paintings feel like artifacts of memory—textured, symbolic, and deeply rooted in tradition and transformation."

"The oil painting has what seems to be an abstract form of human beings pushed into each other and condensed. The dark purple background pushes these out of the canvas like they’re overflowing and cannot be contained within the painting. It is as though these figures are forming a hivemind, and the figures that climb above the others enforce an order despite some looking as though they are attempting to leave the canvas. This represents the feeling of individuality yet being restricted and falling into the order of the society that is enforced by the modern nation-state."

"The oil painting has what seems to be an abstract form of human beings pushed into each other and condensed. The dark purple background pushes these out of the canvas like they’re overflowing and cannot be contained within the painting. It is as though these figures are forming a hivemind, and the figures that climb above the others enforce an order despite some looking as though they are attempting to leave the canvas. This represents the feeling of individuality yet being restricted and falling into the order of the society that is enforced by the modern nation-state.”