About

Woman with long dark hair in a white sleeveless top holding a small round object, sitting at a table with a wedding ring on her left hand, in a room with a mirror and decorations.

Rawan is of Palestinian and Lebanese heritage, born in London and educated in Switzerland, with a life shaped across London, Egypt, Spain, and Germany before settling in Dubai with her husband and three daughters.

An artist and graphic designer, she spent 15 years in advertising working on global campaigns. Yet her passion for art, sparked at age 4, never left her. Trained in a time when everything was crafted by hand, she developed a deep sensitivity to detail, material, and process.

After years of exploring painting, drawing, and typography alongside her career, she moved into freelance work. Her turning point came unexpectedly when she began sculpting decorative chocolates using her children’s clay. What started intuitively quickly evolved into hundreds of intricate pieces, capturing indulgence without consumption.

Her work explores hyper-realistic confectionery forms, meticulously handcrafted in polymer clay, acrylic, and mixed media. At first glance, they seduce, glossy, indulgent, almost edible but they resist. In her world, candy becomes a language, speaking of desire, restraint, and the delicate tension between pleasure and denial.

She developed her signature style and named it Ceci n’est pas un chocolat (inspired by René Magritte), created on Valentine’s Day 2022. Today, her pieces are collected internationally by many collectors and celebrities, bringing joy, curiosity, and a sense of play into contemporary spaces.

Each sculpture is entirely handmade and never replicated. Guided by instinct rather than sketch, her process is slow, deliberate, and deeply personal resulting in singular pieces that invite both temptation and reflection.