Soukaynah
BIOGRAPHY
“The only time to love is now”
My name is Soukaynah. I was born in Switzerland in 1996, with a Lebanese father and a Swiss mother. This lovely mixture of cultures has enhanced my outlook on the world and on human relationships with all their dualities and complementarities. I have kept many memories of childhood and of the sincerity one feels in those years.
Drawing and expressing my emotions in pictures has always been important to me, almost a vital need. From early on I have felt called to share, to help, and to accompany others and this calling nourishes me and inspires me to create. I therefore became a nursing assistant and worked for almost ten years with the elderly, with the mentally and physically handicapped, and with children. Being curious about everything, I sought to find love in every heart and observe that, in spite of all the differences, the same spark of divine light was in each of them.
Nowadays I devote myself to art as much as possible. I write and draw little comic strips about self-understanding and the quest for peace. Being of a contemplative nature, I enjoy viewing and celebrating the beauty of the world around us, and I’m convinced this sort of attitude is what will save the world.
Artistic approach
I draw and write intuitively using the same tools I’ve used since childhood: coloured pencils, felt pens, and a bit of watercolour. Being a jack-of-all-trades, I sculpt and paint as I like. All kinds of creating are worth doing. I also do drama and dance. My faith makes me want to make pictures that do good to people’s souls and remind them of their inner child.
I find poetry in anything and everything that is sincere, no matter what its shape or form. I take inspiration from the great outdoors, and from all sorts of feelings and perceptions.
Drawing allows me to let go and switch to automatic mode so that I can explore certain areas of my heart more deeply. I am especially attracted to birds and what they symbolize. I love watching them and bringing them into my pictures. I also enjoy repainting old Russian nesting dolls that I find in flea markets. These dolls, all fitting into one another, are such wonderful introspective things representing an encompassing femininity and a process of transformation. Yes, when I draw, what I’m doing is admitting to myself who I am!
Projects and Exhibitions
2026 – The New Year’s greeting card for the Rive-Neuve palliative care centre in Blonay
2022 to 2026 – Amature actress
• with the Pavé troupe in Villeneuve
• with the Théâtre Neuf troupe in Saint-Maurice
• with the Minhéros association in Bex
From 2022 to now : Vice-president of the Pavé troupe in Villeneuve and designer of its sets and posters
2025 – Created and self-published the picture story ‘’Ne pleure pas si tu m’aimes’’ (if you love me, don’t cry), which addresses my grieving for my grandmother with poetry and gentleness
2025 – Exhibition at the cultural centre of Martigny : ‘’Elles qui se déploient” (They who spread out and reveal themselves)’ – Hand-painted Russian nesting dolls
2025 – Collective residential experience and exhibition on the theme of ‘Absence’ organized by the Valais ECCE associaltion at Arbaz
2023 – Collective residential experience and exhibition on the theme of ‘Essence’ organized by the Valais ECCE associaltion at Arbaz
2014 – Exhibition entitled ‘’Des fleurs et des plaies’’ (flowers and wounds) at the Fabrik h2 in Monthey - Illustations and paintings
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Re-Visionary symbol: I leave my work free of copyright so that it can be shared among people who wish to reproduce it in the spirit of the Collective, as long as they indicate me as author.
Copyright symbol: I am the copyright holder of my own works: my work cannot be reproduced, except by the Re-Visionary Art Collective, under the conditions as indicated above in point 1. Unless I give my written consent.