The Art of Atmosphere
Spatial artworks, installations, and collectible works for architecture, hospitality, and private clients
Project vision
ScandArabia is a contemporary art practice by Maryam Aljanahi, a Bahraini artist based in Finland, shaped by a life lived across cultures, languages, and geographies. Her work emerges from a cultural paradox, between restraint and intensity, silence and expression, informed by years of navigating different worlds.
Rather than narrating identity, she distills it. Through reduced compositions, symbolic forms, and a controlled visual language, her work translates lived experience into atmosphere, something felt before it is understood, quiet but charged with presence.
Guided by instinct and decades of experience, the practice brings warmth into minimalism, and atmosphere into stillness.
Services
ScandArabia collaborates with architects, designers, and developers as well as with venues to create artworks that elevate spaces into authentic experiences and integrate into contemporary environments with clarity, intention, and spatial awareness.
Commissioned Art
Site-specific works developed for architecture, hospitality, and public environments.
Each project is tailored to:
- spatial context
- scale and proportion
- material environment
- desired atmosphere
Availability is limited and varies throughout the year.
Spatial Art Commissions
Workshops
Art Food
Limited Edition Home Décor Collection
A limited number of works are released as part of an ongoing artistic exploration.
Each piece reflects the same principles as spatial commissions — reduced form, symbolic structure, and controlled intensity. Make your spaces sophisticated, warm and authentic.
Collectible Works
1. Original artworks available for private collectors: mid-size works, part of curated series, released in limited quantities
2. Limited Series (optional, future-ready)
3. Small curated releases connected to larger conceptual directions.
4. Designed for collectors seeking continuity within the artist’s work.
Candle Holders: Sea Relics
Vases: Between Ice and Water
Lamps: Sculptural Light Objects
Clocks: Functional Art Pieces
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Portfolio
Liberty
In this reinterpretation, Liberty is no longer a symbol of political emancipation but of divine surrender.
Victory
Victory reinterprets Henri Regnault’s Automedon with the Horses of Achilles through the lens of an Arab woman, replacing the male hero with a composite self-portrait embodying historical heroines from East and West.
Voice of Rain
Voice of Rain emerged through an unexpected collaboration between the artist and natural forces, as rainfall transformed the surface of the work.
Premonition
Premonition reclaims the female figure from the idealized roles of Renaissance painting, repositioning her as an active and mortal protagonist.
FAQ
Do you work on commissioned projects?
Yes. Commissions are developed in close dialogue with the space, its purpose, and the people it serves.
Each project is approached individually, with attention to architecture, material context, and desired atmosphere.
Who do you typically collaborate with?
ScandArabia works with:
- interior designers
- architects
- developers
- hospitality concepts
- private clients
The focus is on projects where art becomes part of the space, not an addition to it.
How does the collaboration process work?
The process begins with a conversation.
We discuss the space, intention, scale, and context. From there, a concept direction is developed, followed by refinement, production, and integration into the environment.
Each stage is handled with clarity and precision.
Are artworks available for private collectors?
Yes. A limited number of works are released throughout the year as part of ongoing series.
Availability is not constant, and works are typically shared through direct inquiry.
Where are you based and do you work internationally?
The studio is based in Porvoo, Finland.
Projects are developed both locally and internationally, depending on scope and collaboration.
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Contact me
for collaboration
info@scandarabia.com
