Between what we see
and what we feel.
A human language of color.
Samah El Hage is a Lebanese-Swedish contemporary artist living and working in Sweden. Her expressive figurative paintings explore identity, connection and emotion through bold geometry and layered color.
The human face and figure are not literal portraits, but vessels for color, rhythm and structure. Each piece begins with an intuitive response to emotion, memory or place.
Her practice moves between calm and chaos, past and future, the seen and the felt. These fragmented forms invite viewers to find echoes of their own experiences.
Explore the paintingsA practice that keeps moving.
Over more than a decade, Samah has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the United States. Her work has also connected with design through limited-edition products. In 2025, her paintings appeared in Twice Seen, presented by Art Innovation Gallery on digital billboards in Times Square.
Her background is multidisciplinary, but the painting remains personal: a space to explore the contradictions and connections of being human.
Selected exhibitions & interviews