About

Statement

My interest is in articulating ideas around the constructed / manufactured / engineered world including the systems and infrastructure around the making of things: assembly lines, scaffolding, construction sites, engineering design, schematics, flow charts, etc. - essentially, the processes of creating structure, from organizing space into architecture to translating raw data into diagrams.

Where the manufacturing process is committed to criteria of efficiency and standardization - my process is intuitive, exploring the balance between randomness and chaos vs organization and structure. Simultaneously seeming to be mathematical and rational but also being free flowing and organic.

Despite my self-imposed design constraints of working with only 90 degree angles (with the occasional 45 degree angle) and a neutral gray color, my pieces are improvised in that they are constructed in the way a painter might create an abstract impressionist image.

Biography

Born in Vienna to an Austrian mother and Egyptian father, Canadian artist and musician Hani Habashi started his career with small art shows and a masters degree in fine arts. However, he then took a detour into audio engineering, composing for film and playing in bands.

In the last decade he has returned to his fine arts roots and has produced a series of geometrical sculptures inspired by manufacturing, engineering and architecture.