NOOR standing before a painting of a radiant figure
About

A visual journey, inward.

I was nurtured by a vibrant maternal lineage of painters, poets, and musicians. My true artistic awakening began as a child sitting through my grandfather's piano concerts. Bound by sitting in the audience, I closed my eyes and discovered I could see the colors and vibrations of the music. This early sensory immersion taught me to perceive the unseen, laying the foundation for an art style that bridges the ethereal world with the material human experience. By age ten, I knew creating art would be my life's purpose.

My path is anchored by a formal fine arts education, including a BFA from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico, learning under masters like Domingo García, and a transformative 35-year ceramic mentorship under Toni Hambleton. Yet, while my early career was marked by conventional success—with solo and international group exhibitions at venues like Galería Botello and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de PR—I found myself facing a profound inner emptiness. This sparked a life-altering catharsis, an ego-dissolving shift that stripped away who I was portraying to reveal who I truly was.

This profound awakening completely transformed my creative expression, shifting my work from rigid geometric abstraction into a deeply emotional, human art. For the past 13 years in Pennsylvania, this studio practice has evolved alongside my deep, personal immersion into Sufism, mediumship, meditation, mysticism, and sacred geometry. Through this integration, drawing, painting, and photography became my tools for deep self-healing and expression.

Today, my artwork serves as visual medicine—a channeled reflection of light and subtle energies designed to act as a mirror for your own self-discovery and a sanctuary for inner peace. Extending this healing work beyond the canvas, I serve my community as a certified Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator and SoulCollage® Facilitator. By blending formal technique with ancient spiritual arts, I translate intuitive energetics into interactive, sacred tools for introspection, integration, and community alignment.

Trained

Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico, SoulCollage® Facilitator, Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator.

Based

Philadelphia — Puerto Rico

Practice

Painting, photography, ceramics, land art.

Achievements

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2018

    “Butterfly Effect” Pebble Hill Gallery, Doylestown, PA.

  • 2008

    “Hemisferios” Galería Botello, Hato Rey, PR.

    “Distortions” Galleria 356, Hato Rey, PR.

  • 2005

    “Silencio” Galería Botello, Hato Rey, PR.

  • 2003

    “Melodías de barro” Diseño Isleño, San Juan, PR.

  • 1995

    “Pianísimo” San Juan Conservation Studio, San Juan, PR.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2025

    “5to encuentro de ceramistas de Puerto Rico y la Diaspora” Plaza las Americas, San Juan, PR.

    “Estela de Mari, Entre Dimensiones del Barro” Galería Pamil Fine Arts, San Juan, PR.

  • 2024

    “4to encuentro de ceramistas de Puerto Rico y la Diaspora” Plaza las Americas, San Juan, PR.

  • 2023

    “Small Favors” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA.

  • 2019

    “Barro Soy” Group ceramics exhibition celebrating Toni Hambleton, San Juan, PR.

  • 2017

    “Transformations” Pennsylvania Center for Photography, Doylestown, PA.

  • 2014

    “Barro: una celebración” Universidad del Turabo, PR.

  • 2012

    “Aduana, Norte. Centro. Sur.” Traveling exhibition.

  • 2011

    “Foto MAC” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de PR.

    “Foto” Galería 778, Guaynabo, PR.

  • 2010

    “Memorias” Galería Brío, San Juan, PR.

    “De Papel y de Barro” Galería 778, Puerto Nuevo, PR.

    “Hoja” Galería Botello, San Juan, PR.

  • 2009

    “Espacio Liquido” Liga de Arte, San Juan, PR.

    “Circa” Galería Botello, San Juan Convention Center, San Juan, PR.

    “La Subasta X MAPR” Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.

  • 2008

    “Reyes Veray” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de PR, Santurce, PR.

    “Circa” Galería Botello, San Juan Convention Center, San Juan, PR.

  • 2007

    “Photo Miami” Art Basel, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL.

    “Placas de Artistas” Monterrey, Mexico.

    “Ellitte Tile” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Begin where you’re drawn.