Saif Azzuz is a Libyan-Yurok who delves into the imagery, craftsmanship, and landscape of his heritage through painting, wood sculpture, beading, and metalwork. He seamlessly navigates the field of abstraction by utilizing vibrant colors, bodily movements, and his deep connection to the natural world. Azzuz employs personal gestures, trinkets, and iconography rooted in his cultural heritage. Through self-defined symbolism conveying movement, energy, and time, Azzuz validates generational trauma, resilience, and land rights. His work confronts the historical shadows of colonialism and Manifest Destiny. Azzuz’s practice serves as a timely document of personal and cultural ancestral heritage, critically engaging with notions of identity, displacement, and cultural perseverance to question accepted and conventional ideological structures.