My name is Farah Kribii, i was born and raised in Copenhagen, to a Moroccan-Iraqi heritage. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Cultural Studies and and I am currently pursuing my Master’s in Modern Culture. I grew up in a spiritual house, raised by my mother who is a healer and amazigh/berber from the northern part of the Moroccan Sahara. My grandmother, even though I’ve never met her, is one of my greatest inspirations. She was a powerful amazigh/berber woman, deeply connected to her divine femininity, intuitive and magical. She shaped the way I view life and the role of aesthetics.

Art, for me, is a way to reflect on life and explore deeper truths, what some philosophers refer to as, the aesthetic experience. In that sense spirituality, sensuality and creativity is really all the same to me, because those are all forces of creation. It is embodying the present moment and being curious at the same time. It is about eliminating time and surrendering to the flow that allows us to be fully present while striving for what lies beyond the present.

The Original Perspective
A lot of my inspiration in this period of my life comes from indigenous people and the way they live in harmony with nature. Art in these societies isn’t just about creating something beautiful; it is a transmission of wisdom. Here art isn’t just paint on a canvas, but in everything around us – these people carry the creative proces into everything the do. I believe art created in indigenous societies are transmissions of wisdom from nature. Transmissions that are possible because their intuitions are pure. Many of us in “modern civilization” don’t listen to our intuitions, as we don’t listen to nature. It has made us blind to the spirit of nature and the spirit in ourselves. Maybe what we need is a paradigm shift. A shift in the way we understand life and ourselves in it. And maybe that shift can be made simply by viewing life from the original perspective.

My debut collection of paintings, The Original Perspective, draws upon the wisdom of my ancestors, the purity of intuition, and the humility required to live in harmony with nature and ourselves. Through works like Sunset in Tamazgha, The Free Man is Alive, and Ro, I invite you to reconnect with the spiritual essence of life and the artistry inherent in the natural world. I am not only inspired by the way of life of indigenous people. I am inspired by everything, but anything I create is an intention to discover more of what life really is. It’s an intention of being more at peace.