Dema Maksod is a visual artist whose practice is rooted in a feminine, Sufi-inspired, and therapeutic approach to art-making. Her work emerges from inner listening, contemplation, and emotional presence, treating painting as an act of healing rather than production. Through intuitive processes, Maksod explores themes of embodiment, tenderness, memory, and spiritual return. The feminine figure appears not as an object, but as a sacred vessel — a carrier of wisdom, vulnerability, and resilience. Birds, colors, and symbolic forms function as spiritual companions, guiding the viewer through inner states of transformation. Her art is an invitation into stillness — a space where the soul is witnessed, held, and gently restored.

Artist Statement

Garden of the Soul & Embrace Garden of the Soul & Embrace is a contemplative and healing journey into the feminine inner world. Inspired by Sufi philosophy and embodied feminine wisdom, this body of work treats the soul as a living garden — one that requires gentleness, patience, and presence rather than control. Painting becomes a devotional act, a form of remembrance (dhikr), where color, gesture, and symbol arise from the heart rather than the mind.