Aviva Rahmani Draws What We Inherit - Antonino La Vela

Her drawings reject nostalgia. They function as records — of exile, ecology, memory, and what remains after the flood.

“Dawn 7-26-25 Vinalhaven Island, Maine” Aviva Rahmani

“In the midst of ecocide, art can divine hope out of a chaotic world. My task as an artist is to understand that and design another world.”
— Aviva Rahmani

That quote, shared in the context of her recent drawings, captures the essence of Aviva Rahmani’s newest body of work. These pieces are not commemorative, nor are they retrospective. They are urgent. They are acts of witnessing.