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Artist: Wafa'a Al-hayek (Palestine, Gaza)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2024 | Medium: Archival pictures | Dimensions: 12*9 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D) | Digital work
Artist Statement
I made this in my tent while displacement from my home in Gaza, I made it on my iPad, which I was finally able to charge after it sat in my valuables bag with my laptop and other scraps of paper I had doodled on some random papers.
During that time, everything was noisy to me, people were too demanding, ironically enough my low living standards didn't form a source of the noise as much as the stubborn fly did. I always found solace in the peaceful, blue, very blue sky, and through creating on my iPad. Using already saved pictures and functioning solely offline, I was able to come up with a sort of collection. This piece I think sums up my distorted vision of my reality, and how it can never stop me.
About the Artist
I work as a data analyst and team lead, where my practice is grounded in systems, structure, and the translation of complex signals into legible form. This methodology extends into my visual work, where I construct digital collages using found archival material drawn from sources such as the British Library and open digital repositories.
My practice operates at the intersection of neo-surrealist montage and post-digital aesthetics. I splice anatomical and architectural diagrams with fragmented human figures, treating imagery as data under interference. Noise, dithering, and halftone degradation function not as stylistic effects, but as structural evidence of transmission failure and survival.
I am interested in how identity persists under conditions of fragmentation, displacement, and informational overload. Each work functions as an index entry in an unstable archive,,mapping the tension between internal coherence and external collapse through systems of repetition, erasure, and reconstruction.
https://www.instagram.com/wafa_al_hayek99?igsh=MXJ6NXEzdGVqa3h5dQ==
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Wafa'a Al-hayek (Palestine, Gaza)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2024 | Medium: Archival pictures | Dimensions: 12*9 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D) | Digital work
Artist Statement
I made this in my tent while displacement from my home in Gaza, I made it on my iPad, which I was finally able to charge after it sat in my valuables bag with my laptop and other scraps of paper I had doodled on some random papers.
During that time, everything was noisy to me, people were too demanding, ironically enough my low living standards didn't form a source of the noise as much as the stubborn fly did. I always found solace in the peaceful, blue, very blue sky, and through creating on my iPad. Using already saved pictures and functioning solely offline, I was able to come up with a sort of collection. This piece I think sums up my distorted vision of my reality, and how it can never stop me.
About the Artist
I work as a data analyst and team lead, where my practice is grounded in systems, structure, and the translation of complex signals into legible form. This methodology extends into my visual work, where I construct digital collages using found archival material drawn from sources such as the British Library and open digital repositories.
My practice operates at the intersection of neo-surrealist montage and post-digital aesthetics. I splice anatomical and architectural diagrams with fragmented human figures, treating imagery as data under interference. Noise, dithering, and halftone degradation function not as stylistic effects, but as structural evidence of transmission failure and survival.
I am interested in how identity persists under conditions of fragmentation, displacement, and informational overload. Each work functions as an index entry in an unstable archive,,mapping the tension between internal coherence and external collapse through systems of repetition, erasure, and reconstruction.
https://www.instagram.com/wafa_al_hayek99?igsh=MXJ6NXEzdGVqa3h5dQ==
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.