TransPlace 9_Chasing the Moon. Diptych, 2020, oil on canvas, 48 x 96 in. / 121.92 x 243.84 cm.

TransPlace 9_Chasing the Moon. Diptych, Halide Salam, 2020, oil on canvas, 48 x 96 in. / 121.92 x 243.84 cm.

TransPlace is about time-travel and stairways. Like a shaman, I paint within, around and through these painted spaces tying the stories of my forbearers to rituals and memories. I connect fluid spaces to undiscovered places within to make meaning of the world outside..