Untitled Edition:7-27 Mississippi Museum of Art

Mississippi Museum of Art

This explosion of marks and gestures infuses my painterly surfaces with a playful

rhythmic line punctures the ground and establishes a velvety void at the areas where lines converge and give over their identity as line to form

This image was created to commemorate Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Untitled Edition:7-27 Mississippi Museum of ArtRayed Mohamed (b. 1986, Yemen) is a self taught artist whose intricate, densely patterned works emerge from a continuous practice of repetitive mark making. Mohamed came to the United States as a child and works on his practice daily from his Brooklyn studio. He works primarily with acrylic paint pens and Sharpies, bringing his whole body into the process, which is intensely physical and immersive. He selects colors by bringing each pen close to his