Scars of Light

Patricia Hakim is a Lebanese-Canadian artist, author and audiovisual producer. Born in Beirut and based in Montreal, she has lived between the two cities, and that double belonging runs through everything she creates. She began her career as a radio host, until a surgical error took away her voice. After several operations, she speaks again, with a voice that is changed but unbroken in spirit. Her autobiographical novel "Les mots de mon silence", also published in Arabic, grew out of that silence, and she is also the author of the novel "Singulier Plurielles". Around 2019, she turned to painting, where color, texture and movement became a new language. Each canvas tells a story through hues and touch, turning emotion into something almost tangible.