E-WEST
160 × 140 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
E-WEST reflects on the idea that identities often perceived as opposites may belong to a deeper human continuity. Through the encounter of two figures associated with Eastern and Western traditions, the painting explores connection beyond borders, history, and inherited divisions. Rather than portraying conflict, the work invites reflection on dialogue, mutual recognition, and the possibility of a shared future built on understanding.
Pause for a moment…
Before you look at this painting, look at the world you live in.
Look at the maps. The borders. The names. The flags. Everything we have learned about East and West.
And then ask yourself:
What if all of this is only the surface?
What if the story we know is only a long narrative of separation?
What if beneath it lies a deeper story that wishes to remember itself through us?
This work is not about two people. Not about two cultures. Not about a meeting between East and West.
It speaks of something that happens at a deeper level, at that place where boundaries disappear before they are created. Where East is no longer East, and West is no longer West, but two faces of a single being seeking to recognize itself again.
Humanity has long learned through the experience of separation. Through conflict. Through difference. Through fear. Through the feeling of being disconnected parts of a greater whole.
But what if this phase was necessary for the encounter itself to become possible?
What if separation was not the end, but the path?
Look carefully at this work. It is not a picture of what was, nor a description of what is. It is a trace of what wishes to be born.
A quiet signal from a horizon not yet fully visible.
A suggestion that the world we see today may be approaching a turning point shaped not by politics, economics, or external events, but by a transformation of consciousness itself.
A movement from the question, “Who is different from me?” toward the question, “What connects us?”
And from the question, “How can I win?” toward the question, “How can we complete one another?”
In this vision, neither East nor West disappears. Rather, both cease to fear one another and begin to rediscover within themselves the part they have long searched for in the other.
That is why I see E-WEST as more than a painting.
I see a window.
I see a memory from the future.
I see a message that has arrived slightly ahead of its time.
A message that says:
The new world will not be born through the victory of one side over the other, but through the realization that what we believed to be opposites has, from the very beginning, been moving toward reunion.
And when that moment arrives, not only will the world change, but so too will the way we see ourselves within it.
Yamen Nawa
“Not between East and West, but between a consciousness that remembers separation and a consciousness that is beginning to remember unity.”
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I’m here
Purification
The journey ends where the truth begins.
Not in the absence of darkness, but in the recognition of the light within.
Yamen Nawa
190×140 cms
Acrylic on Canvas
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Silenced
120×110 cms
Acrylic on Canvas
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War & Peace
Acrylic on Canvas
160 × 150 cm
2022
Between tension and compassion, War & Peace captures a moment where survival and humanity meet. The work invites the viewer to reflect on the thin boundary separating conflict from reconciliation.
Yamen Nawa
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Hope
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
165 × 150 cm
A solitary figure emerges from the sea, suspended between vulnerability and renewal. The translucent garment reveals traces of the human condition, while the horizon opens toward an undefined future. Neither arrival nor departure, the moment captures a quiet passage through uncertainty.
The sea becomes a space of cleansing and transformation, where fragility is not hidden but embraced. In this encounter between water, light, and presence, hope appears not as certainty, but as the courage to continue forward despite the unknown.
Hope is a meditation on resilience, inner rebirth, and the enduring possibility of renewal.
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Scream
190 × 140 cms
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Not every war leaves ruins that can be seen.Some unfold in silence, beneath the surface of everyday life, hidden behind ordinary faces and unspoken thoughts. Scream explores the invisible conflicts that shape the human experience — the tension between who we are, who we are expected to be, and the cost of carrying that distance within ourselves.The painting does not depict a single moment of suffering, but the accumulation of countless inner battles. It speaks of the weight of silence, the exhaustion of resistance, and the human need to be seen, heard, and understood.Rather than portraying despair, Scream gives form to what is often left unspoken. It is the voice of an inner world demanding recognition — a reminder that some of the deepest struggles take place beyond the reach of words.
Yamen Nawa
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Objection
85 × 75 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
There comes a moment when silence is no longer acceptance.
A moment when the soul refuses to carry what no longer belongs to it.
Objection is not an act of rebellion against the world, but a refusal to betray oneself. It is the voice that emerges after exhaustion, after compromise, after every attempt to become what others expected.
This work speaks of the courage to stand before one’s own truth and say:
No more.
Not out of anger.
But out of the desire to remain whole.
Yamen Nawa
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Gemini
195 × 150 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Sometimes love is not lost.
It is simply sacrificed to satisfy the expectations of others.
Yamen Nawa
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DNA
195 × 160 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Before judgment, before fear, before tradition, there is something older.
Something written deeper than opinion.
DNA is a reflection on identity, belonging, and the questions we inherit long before we learn how to answer them.
It asks whether we are shaped by choice, by culture, or by the invisible codes carried within us from the very beginning.
Yamen Nawa
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Escape
110 × 140 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Freedom is rarely a place.
More often, it is the courage to leave behind the life that no longer allows you to breathe.
Escape is not about running away.
It is about moving toward the possibility of becoming yourself.
Yamen Nawa
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Survival mood
140 × 110 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Not every struggle is a choice.
Sometimes survival demands compromises that leave invisible scars. Between power and vulnerability, need and dignity, human beings are often forced to navigate realities they never wished to face.
Survival Mode explores the fragile space where necessity challenges identity, and where the instinct to endure becomes stronger than the freedom to choose.
It is a reflection on what remains of us when survival becomes the only priority.
Yamen Nawa
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Addiction
170 × 145 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
The most dangerous addictions are not the ones that kill the body.
They are the ones that convince you they are saving it.
You embrace what destroys you. You defend it. You need it. And eventually, you forget where your own voice ends and its voice begins.
Addiction is not always a substance.
Sometimes it is a person. A memory. A desire. An escape.
Sometimes it is the only thing standing between you and the darkness.
Yamen Nawa
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Star gate party
110 × 140 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
In another dimension, we are free.
And we dance happiness.
Yamen Nawa
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Such
85×75 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
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ONE LOVE
140 × 110 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Love does not ask where we come from.
It only asks whether we have the courage to see one another as human.
Yamen Nawa
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HARMFUL
170 × 150 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Pain can be desired.Harm should never be.
Yamen Nawa
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NO FILTER
192 × 140 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Authenticity is often mistaken for provocation.
The greatest mask is the one society calls normal.
Yamen Nawa
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STATUS
110 × 140 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
No one should have to prove they are worthy of love. Compassion begins where stigma ends.
Yamen Nawa
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SORROW
140 × 110 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
The world is vast, yet wherever you go, being gay often means living with the possibility of judgment and rejection. The fear of not being accepted, simply for being yourself, can leave deep emotional wounds. This painting reflects that silent sorrow carried by countless people around the world.
Yamen Nawa
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LOST
110 × 140 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
The hardest journey is the one inside your own mind.
Sometimes the way back begins with accepting yourself.
Yamen Nawa
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BORN THIS WAY
85 × 75 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
Every life begins the same way.
No one is born less worthy of dignity, love, or belonging.
Yamen Nawa
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