About Me
Inspiration
Driven by a deep internal conviction, Ahu translates spiritual truth and raw existence into commanding visual forms. Her practice is an act of distilling four decades of creative exploration—spanning the discipline of theater, the voice, the physical weight of sculpture, and the precision of poetry—into a singular, focused essence.
Artistic creation aligns with her internal compass. The current work centers on the silent, structural manifestation of a life lived out loud. It is an exploration of grounding forces, endurance, and the resonance left behind when everything non-essential is stripped away. The canvas becomes a site where profound internal architecture meets the eye.
Biography
Ahu is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer currently based in Essaouira, Morocco. Her expansive career began in New York, where she arrived in 1975 and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1977. Throughout the late 1070's and 1980s, she performed extensively in New York theatre and commanded stages as a musician—touring internationally in South America and opening for icons like Iggy Pop. During her twelve years in NYC, she also held a starring role in the cult classic film Basket Case, which is now archived in MoMA’s Art Film Library.
Ahu's creative evolution spans large-scale California sculpture, international performances, and two published poetry collections, Take It In and abstract romance. Today, her visual arts practice is focused on intense, structural painting. Her works are held in private collections across Sweden, France, Morocco, and the United States, with recent exhibitions in Stockholm, Casablanca, and Essaouira.
