About Safaa Alset

Born in 1974, Safaa Alset studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University and graduated in 1997. While briefly experimenting with multi-media graphic design, she chose to pursue a divergent artistic route. The artist shifted platforms, working with metal and using both steel and copper as means to create a body of work that stands out through its rough texture and design. She sparks metal with life and is able to transform its firm and rigid quality into an element that is animate and flowing. In her studio, Al Set plays with fire, heating and melding scrap pieces… — Read more… Safaa Alset