Beyond commercial value, my work exists as a spiritual offering with three intentions: to awaken ancestral remembrance, to create vessels for transformation and reflection, and to reveal the divine essence that exists within us all. I hope my works move beyond visual experience, becoming portals for contemplation and connection—inviting viewers to remember their own inner wisdom, consciousness, and relationship with the unseen forces that connect all existence.
My practice is inseparable from ritual — alongside my altar, guided by ancestral wisdom and spiritual communication. My visual language is inspired by Middle Eastern, Indian, and African maximalist design traditions, where color, pattern, and abundance are embraced rather than subdued. I am drawn to these aesthetics because they celebrate presence and excess as forms of power. In contrast, Western visual culture often favors restraint and minimalism — an approach I see as culturally limiting. My work intentionally resists this by asserting vibrancy as a political act and cultural affirmation. I'm so grateful for this opportunity to be the representation of unity that I wish I had as a youth.
Project III
Critical Transformation
My practice sits inside rupture — the moments when what no longer serves us has to break before something truer can take its place. This body of work is about that threshold: the discomfort of shedding old identities, inherited pain, and imposed narratives, and the fierce clarity that follows. These pieces aren't decorative — they're confrontations, with the self, with history, with what we've been taught to accept. To transform is not to soften. It is to break honestly, and rebuild with intention.
Project II
Revealing the Divine through Us All
My practice explores the idea that there is a sacred essence within every individual — a connection to something greater than ourselves. Through symbolic abstraction and spiritual expression, these works seek to remind viewers of their own divinity, consciousness, and interconnectedness with all life. The work encourages viewers to look inward, recognize their own sacred nature, and experience a deeper relationship with themselves, others, and the universe.
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My name is Rasta Roba. I am an Iraqi multidisciplinary spiritual artist, and I understand my work as a translation — of unseen realms, ancestral knowledge, and divine memory — rendered onto many surfaces. Each piece is made with deep intention, existing not only as artistic expression but as a spiritual offering.
I create alongside my altar, entering an elevated state of consciousness before I begin. In this state the boundary between myself and the canvas dissolves: I become as small as a particle and immerse myself completely within the painting. Every brushstroke is an extension of my spirit, so that each work becomes an intimate reflection of my being, both physical and spiritual.
Within my practice, I know myself to be an ancient goddess walking the Earth in human form. My art is an expression of that remembrance — a bridge between lifetimes, between the ancestral realm and the present moment. Each work carries fragments of knowledge, symbols, and energy that are meant to be studied, honoured, and contemplated across generations.
In creating, I allow myself to be seen in complete vulnerability, in both the physical and spiritual realms. My paintings are living vessels rather than static objects, inviting the viewer into a dialogue with memory, transformation, and the sacred. I hope those who encounter my work feel called not only to observe it, but to return to it — discovering new layers of meaning with each encounter.