This assortment of paintings and drawings focus on the body as a vessel for narrative, emotion, and connection, using movement to investigate themes of identity, vulnerability, or shared humanity, drawing from personal experience and diverse techniques (breakdancing to modern, ballet) to create imagery that resonates with audiences by revealing universal truths through specific, embodied stories and the interplay between individual dancers and collective experience.
Ibrahim Ali-Salaam is a Boston-based figurative artist steeped in the tradition of the Boston School and German Expressionism. Since he started his journey as a professional artist over 20 years ago he has explored themes of the human condition, family, and the physical form in oil and charcoal works on canvas and paper.
