Inaya Fanis Hodeib was born in Lebanon on the 25^th of May 1983. The Lebanese artist started her intermediate studies in 1991 at The Amlieh School in Beirut. In 2003, she pursued training courses on Negative Spaces drawing, Sketching and Automatist painting under Artist Edgard Mazigi. In 2006, she received her diploma in Fine Arts from the Lebanese University Institute of Fine Arts, and she finished her master’s degree in Medieval Studies and Art History from the University of Amsterdam.

Her artistic talents follow personal observations of her early days in her hometown Beirut. Being a pioneer of art in a war zone city has influenced her artistic techniques under a realistic yet illusionistic style, leaving the observant in front of large-scale artworks that emerged from political and social daily conflicts.

Inaya has exhibited in different countries, including Beirut, New York, Dubai, Norway, Holland and South Africa.  She currently lives and works from her studio in Netherlands.

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