About

Rghad Balkhyoor is a Saudi intermedia artist and researcher in Digital media, based in Philadelphia, USA. Her research area focuses on creativity and imagination in the field of design. With a strong connection to digital media and conceptual design her work explores the point of convergence among technology, art, and culture. Rghad focuses on the shape-shifting potential that emerges from new imaging technologies such as real-time interactive multimedia, augmented reality, virtual reality and LIDAR scanners to sculpt profoundly immersive hybrid realities. Her work reflects the dynamic and complex relationship between technology and the physical world and seeks to shape our perceptions and experiences of the world. Rghad's background in interior architecture influences her work, as she seeks to create immersive environments and push the boundaries of traditional art, by blurring the lines between physical and digital spaces.