The Habibi Portrait series is a visual manifestation of the Habibi House Residency.

Habibi House Residency

Habibi House, part studio and part residency, is an alternative space where artists, curators and community share and collaborate with each other. It is an ongoing project that acts as a home for others and invites us to collectively engage in the process of reimagining home.

Habibi House is a two bedroom home in the shadows of the historic Motown Museum. The space is essentially an interactive installation piece of a home, named Habibi meaning my beloved. 

At the core of my practice is bringing people together and building community/networks. I invite artists that I want to connect, grow, and build with to be a resident. With being in a Detroit neighborhood, the residency addresses the difference between creating home in a new space and colonizing/gentrifying a community. Throughout the residency we engage in the process of building home through community conversations, studio visits, dinners, and sharing space.