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Artist's Bio

Zena Ghossoub, born on November 28, 1984, in Zalka, Beirut, is a multidisciplinary Lebanese artist, poet, and member of the Lebanese Syndicate of Artists. Living and working in Beirut, she expresses her vision through painting, sculpture, design, and installation art, with a style rooted in contemporary abstraction. Her work is marked by abstract figurative silhouettes and distorted facial forms, evoking a sense of pareidolia—where the mind intuitively fills in incomplete structures to reveal human likenesses. Guided by intuition, Zena reflects deeply from her inner emotional world, channeling it into visual expressions that explore themes of metamorphosis, communication theories, cosmology, science, and cyclical patterns. Her multidisciplinary practice bridges the poetic and the visual, offering a layered exploration of transformation and human perception.

Over time, her practice grew into a more physical and intuitive form of expression, marked by sketch-like lines, embedded textures, and recurring symbols and handwritten elements. These layers of gesture and writing form a dynamic surface that reflects her evolving emotional depth and narrative complexity. Today, her work invites viewers into a space where the personal and universal converge—visually compelling, emotionally resonant, and rich with interpretive possibility.

The Initial Expression: Symbols, Numbers, and Letters

Collage Art-Metamorphosis

The Turning Point Project

A defining aspect of Zena’s work is her exploration of metamorphosis, often expressed through human-like abstracted forms inspired by human psychology. Her compositions feature abstract figurative silhouettes and distorted facial structures, evoking pareidolia—a phenomenon where the viewer’s mind completes fragmented forms into familiar human likenesses. These figures reflect themes of vulnerability, fragmentation, transformation, and resilience, often mirroring the complex layers of the human psyche.

In her Metamorphosis series, Zena Ghossoub explores transformation through a compelling fusion of collage, mixed media, and geometrically distorted forms. These works are layered with textures and fragmented materials—paper, fabric, paint, and digital overlays—assembled intuitively to reflect the nonlinear, often disorienting process of change. Her collage technique allows disparate visual elements to coexist, mimicking the way identity is constructed, deconstructed, and reassembled over time.

Zena’s geometric distortions of the human figure are central to this theme. Faces are fragmented, forms are abstracted into angular planes or organic asymmetries, evoking states of flux and psychological tension. These visual ruptures resist fixed identity, embodying the essence of metamorphosis—transformation as an emotional, physical, and spiritual evolution.

Through this unique visual language, Zena invites the viewer into a space of introspection—where the crosses all boundaries, and transformation becomes both a personal and universal journey.

In 2024, Zena founded GHZ Art Gallery, an international platform committed to connecting artists and collectors from diverse cultural backgrounds. The gallery reflects her belief in art as a universal language—a medium of connection that transcends borders, disciplines, and differences. Through both her personal artistic practice and curatorial vision, she continues to challenge conventional boundaries—creating layered spaces where emotion, intellect, and imagination intersect, inviting others into a dialogue of shared human experience.

Zena Ghossoub’s artistic journey illustrates how creativity evolves alongside personal growth, transitioning from symbolic imagery to complex narratives—demonstrating that artistic evolution is a vital, ongoing process.

"You are never too old to achieve your dreams !!!"

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