Joanne Shebaya
Curated Practice

WORK

Organized across six conceptual chapters. Each body of work approaches art as an inquiry into identity, perception, existence, chaos, order, and truth through authentic paintings, spatial installations, and sculpture.

Chapter I

RETURN TO SELF

“Who am I when nobody is watching?”

The beginning of the return to self. Tracing the silent passage from inner noise to awareness, confrontation, and awakening.

Drawing
Seminal Origin

1. Find Peace Within

Medium: Ink drawing & inward silhouette with tree of knowledge

Dimensions: Identity emblem & plate

The Investigation of Truth

The initial inward turn and decision to pause. A dark silhouette appears as presence, with a subtle tree of knowledge at its center: balance and peace exist within rather than in the external chaos.

Everyday Clarity:

Choosing a conscious pause amidst external turmoil, anchoring attention inward before reacting.

Exhibited in Chapter IView Study
Painting
2024

2. Escaping Hell

Medium: Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

Dimensions: 100 × 130 cm

The Investigation of Truth

The moment of confrontation where awareness becomes uncomfortable. The refusal to remain trapped in inherited patterns or internal chaos: an urgent declaration of inner sovereignty.

Everyday Clarity:

Recognizing limiting mental conditioning and actively choosing to step out of reactive cycles.

Exhibited in Chapter IView Study
Painting
2024

3. Blue Awakening

Medium: Circular layered pigment on canvas

Dimensions: 100 × 100 cm

The Investigation of Truth

Integration and deep stillness. Agitation dissolves into clarity, where blue symbolizes truth, intuition, and grounded presence.

Everyday Clarity:

Cultivating stable emotional ground so decisions are born from quiet clarity rather than stress.

Exhibited in Chapter IView Study
Painting
2024

Real Scale Baby Elephant

Medium: Pigment and acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: Life scale perspective (100 × 100 cm)

The Investigation of Truth

Probing genuine scale, innocence, and raw vulnerability. True power needs no aggressive posturing to inhabit its space.

Everyday Clarity:

Facing intimidating situations with unmasked authenticity and calm self-trust rather than defensive posturing.

Exhibited in THE TRUTHView Study
Chapter II

THE OTHER

“How much of myself exists through other people?”

Inquiries into relational space, intuitive connection, and the quiet territory between the self and the external gaze across Beirut and Paris.

Study
2024

Guidance from The Source

Medium: Mixed media abstract plate & photography

Dimensions: 150 × 150 cm editorial plate

The Investigation of Truth

Examining intuitive presence, quiet connection, and origins. Truth speaks through calm stillness rather than reactive discourse.

Everyday Clarity:

Recalibrating intuitive decision-making during times of conflicting opinions by returning to quiet reflection.

Exhibited in THE TRUTHView Study
Chapter III

CHAOS

“What happens when control disappears?”

Observing spontaneous kinetic release, live performance creation, and creative momentum when rigid control is surrendered to flow.

Installation
2024

Waterfall of Blessings

Medium: Live performance painting & spatial installation

Dimensions: Performance documentation and canvas

The Investigation of Truth

Exploring spontaneous energy and total creative surrender. Truth flows uninterrupted when rigid resistance is abandoned.

Everyday Clarity:

Dissolving creative blocks and procrastination by trusting the momentum of immediate action over perfectionism.

Exhibited in THE TRUTHView Study
Chapter IV

ORDER

“Can truth exist without structure?”

Focus, circular matrices, and living reflections testing how stillness and organic equilibrium produce lasting mental clarity.

Painting
2024

Portal of Perception

Medium: Circular layered acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 100 × 100 cm

The Investigation of Truth

Examining the vortex of consciousness and singular focus. Stripping away peripheral noise to reach pure attention.

Everyday Clarity:

Shielding deep concentration against daily sensory distractions by zeroing in on one essential priority.

Featured on HomeView Study
Painting
2024

Living Reflection

Medium: Oil and pigment on canvas

Dimensions: 100 × 100 cm

The Investigation of Truth

Investigating organic balance and natural truth. Water reflects reality without friction, tension, or judgment.

Everyday Clarity:

Responding to interpersonal friction with calm objectivity rather than immediate emotional reactivity.

Featured on HomeView Study
Chapter V

THE UNKNOWN

“What if the truth is bigger than what I can perceive?”

Spatial partitions, suspended installations, and architectural interventions challenging conventional perceptual baselines and perspective.

Installation
2024

Architectural Burgundy Partition

Medium: Industrial partition, raw burgundy silhouette, suspended grid

Dimensions: Spatial gallery intervention

The Investigation of Truth

Probing spatial demarcation, presence, and boundaries. Intentional boundaries create functional order out of chaos.

Everyday Clarity:

Setting healthy personal and professional boundaries to preserve energy, clarity, and peace.

Exhibited in THE TRUTHView Study
Installation
2024

Suspended Spatial Dialogue

Medium: Suspended architectural form & track lighting

Dimensions: Site-specific suspended installation

The Investigation of Truth

Exploring gravity, suspension, and perspective shifts. Challenging ground-level assumptions by altering the angle of perception.

Everyday Clarity:

Overcoming habitual deadlock by elevating your perspective to observe problems without emotional entanglement.

Exhibited in THE TRUTHView Study
Chapter VI

THE TRUTH

“What remains when everything unnecessary is removed?”

The culmination of the entire practice. Unadorned tactile materiality, authentic presence, and the lifelong investigation connecting every work.

Sculpture
2024

Tactile Elephant Sculpture

Medium: Rough-textured ceramic composite

Dimensions: Studio shelf scale

The Investigation of Truth

Exploring tactile honesty and unadorned material presence. Authentic texture holds more enduring power than artificial gloss.

Everyday Clarity:

Cultivating unvarnished honesty and emotional presence in daily relationships rather than wearing exhausting masks.

Exhibited on AboutView Study
Study
Ongoing

THE TRUTH Master Investigation

Medium: Cross-medium corpus of paintings, sculptures, and spatial interventions

Dimensions: Continuous conceptual practice

The Investigation of Truth

The unifying methodology of subtraction connecting identity, memory, fear, desire, belief, chaos, and control across all mediums.

Everyday Clarity:

Applying the discipline of subtraction to simplify complex daily life, discovering what truly matters when the non-essential is removed.

Central InvestigationView Study

Continuation

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