Hanin Almasri is a Syrian figurative artist based in Laois. Her practice centres on the human figure as a vessel of memory; working across oil paint, charcoal, and photography, she reconstructs fragments of the past, exploring themes of displacement, family, and exile. Her current body of work focuses on the reconstruction of an evolving archive of her late uncle, the artist Deeb Almasri. Following the destruction of his studio during the Syrian war, Hanin returned to Syria to recover what remained: paintings, tools, diary notes, and photographs. These materials now form the basis of an ongoing archival project that treats memory as something fragile, partial, and continually reshaped by the present. The archive extends beyond objects. It incorporates filmed interviews with family members, layering personal testimony with material history. This project also situates Hanin’s practice within a broader cultural dialogue. Deeb Almasri played a significant role in the Dubai art community, and Hanin is currently in early discussions with the Majlis Gallery UAE about the future presentation of the archive. In this way, the work creates a bridge between Middle Eastern and European artistic contexts, grounded in both personal and collective histories. By analysing the artworks alongside the material traces Deeb Almasri left behind, Hanin examines how the archive mediate between presence and absence, past and present realities. Within the archive, memory and nostalgia interact, allowing the past to remain active without being restored to wholeness.