Biography

Nermen Khalil is a contemporary artist who combines texture, kinetic art, and morphing colors to create a new form of expression called Morphokinetic Art. Her work transforms static canvas into a shifting spectacle, where sculptural surfaces collide with a groundbreaking color-morphing technique. As viewers move, the colors change, turning every piece into an interactive and immersive experience.

Khalil’s practice sits at the intersection of material abstraction (echoing artists such as Jay DeFeo) and kinetic/optical color theory (inspired by masters like Carlos Cruz-Diez and Jesús Soto). By blending sculptural reliefs with kinetic color transformations, she has developed a uniquely immersive visual language that transcends traditional painting.

Her recent Spectra Series embodies this approach, bringing to life works that shift, shimmer, and breathe with movement. Exhibited in galleries and art fairs, her creations are celebrated for their ability to bridge ancient cultural influences with contemporary innovation, offering audiences a transformative experience of light, texture, and motion.

Nermen's works are available for purchase through her website, as well as on platforms like Singulart and Saatchi Art. She actively engages with her audience on Instagram @heavenstudios4art. Through her art, she aims to evoke curiosity and introspection, encouraging viewers to embark on their own journeys of exploration and understanding.

Statement

Inspired by both ancient Egyptian heritage and contemporary abstraction, my work explores transformation, introspection, and self-discovery through a new form of art I call Morphokinetic Art—the fusion of texture, kinetic art, and color-morphing surfaces.

Each piece begins with sculptural foundations built from materials such as Liquitex modeling paste, cement, mesh wire, fine sand, resin, papier-mâché, and nonflammable acrylic adhesive. These layered surfaces create a tactile depth that recalls eroded stone, fragments of pottery, or woven patterns, while also carrying light in ways that shift and change with movement.

As viewers walk beside the canvas, colors transform—turning static surfaces into immersive, kinetic experiences. What appears still becomes alive, evolving with light and perspective. This interplay places my work in dialogue with artists such as Alberto Burri, Jay DeFeo, Cruz-Diez, and Jesús Soto, while extending these traditions into a uniquely personal visual language.

The Spectra series embodies this approach: sculptural canvases that shimmer, breathe, and change as the viewer moves, creating a living interaction between artwork and observer. To me, art is not just something to be seen, but something to be experienced—an invitation to curiosity, emotion, and discovery, where transformation mirrors our own inner journeys.