At Buro247 Middle East, we are committed to showcasing and celebrating the extraordinary talent in the Arab world. With our column, #BuroSpotlights, we bring you stories of pioneering artists, innovative designers, tech trailblazers, cinematic visionaries, sports stars, and more.
This week, #BuroSpotlights Lebanese-Canadian digital artist Chafic Mekawi.
The Canadian-Lebanese artist, based in Dubai, has been steadily building a practice that cuts across architecture, design, and digital art, all while carrying a distinct Middle Eastern voice into the global conversation. His work is rooted in memory and heritage, but his execution feels futuristic, often integrating AI-driven design and technology. The result is an aesthetic that is ethereal yet grounded, conceptual yet tactile.
He approaches his work with the precision of a designer and the imagination of a storyteller. His creations exist in that space where technology, heritage, and aesthetics meet, proving that digital art can be both forward-looking and deeply rooted in cultural memory.
At the heart of it all, Mekawi’s practice is less about producing static pieces and more about generating immersive experiences. He invites audiences to step into environments where cultural narratives are revived and reframed, where overlooked stories are given new life. He isn’t nostalgic, nor is he blindly futuristic. His work exists in the fertile space between—where heritage informs innovation, and where the past and future converse. For collectors, his limited-edition pieces are cultural artifacts, snapshots of a region’s identity reframed through contemporary eyes.
By weaving together historical, social, and geographical threads, he is building not just objects or installations, but frameworks for how Middle Eastern identity can be understood and celebrated on a global stage.
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