ACEYA Art Competition
2018 - 2025
ACEYA Art Competition is an annual competition which takes place for Assyrian artists to respond to a given theme through their selected medium. Agnes has participated in this competition every year since its opening.
2025
“LOVE IS ALL”
Second Place Winner
From my perspective, this artwork embodies the essence of LOVE, transcending beyond physical acts. I represent the energy that:
Unites the divine trinity
Resonates through the natural world (earth, water, air, fire)
Nourishes our being (body, mind soul)
Bridges generations, connecting ancestors to present and descendants
Expands across time and space, in receiving and giving.
Love is the vital force that sustains life, embodied in:
The land that grounds us
The wind that breathes life through
The light that illuminates paths
The water that flows knowledge and growth
This artwork captures the all encompassing, eternal presence of love.
2021
“NEW DAY”
Honourable Mention
"New Day”
It rained in my heart
until it overflowed into my blood.
The raging waves has been crushing on to my body.
The strikes hurt my ribs.
I swayed on my way,
Turbulent to the left and to the right.
I fall deep down from the pain.
I dwelled in pity and sorrow
I had no vision through my clouded thoughts.
I drowned in my soul.
I went into hibernation
I was far from my destination.
Eras and ages have passed through me.
The clouds are clearing away.
I am seeing,
The dreams are awakening and erupting through me.
I am hearing, the sounds of life echoing from far, reaching me.
I am breathing, from the deep to the surface, enlightening me.
I am sailing through my dreams.
As Mardoukh cleaves the chasm to direct me.
I am sailing,
As Ot-Nabishtim sways through the water to lead me.
I am sailing,
As Noah strived 120 years to build me.
The oars are faithful,
I am moving towards the real me,
Through the eras towards the light to have a new day.
I am on my way
Words by Agnes Ishak
" يوم جديد"
لقد مطرت في قلبي حتى فاضت في دمي
واندفعت الضوضاء من فوقي وهاجت الامواج على جسدي
امواج هاءلةً
طرحتني هنا وهناك
وتمايلت في مسيرتي
مظطربة انا
تارة الى اليمين واخرى شمال ابتعدت كثيرا عن مقاصدي
ادمت الضربات جسدي
فوقعت في اعماقي وغرقت في روحي ادمنت الشفقة والرثاء
ادمنت السبات .
في طيات الضباب
بعد
ان مرت عصور وازمان
هنالك ضجيجا من جديد
كانها الحياة
هل انا من نادت للحياة
ام الحياة تناديني
انا اتنفس
من ظلمات الاعماق
انا اسمع صدى ماوراء العصور حلم السنين يصحو ويثور
انا اتحدى الممات
انا ابحر في بحر الظلمات
انه مردوخ يشق الهوة ويقودني
انه اوت نابشتم يجرف في الانهار ويرسيني
انه نوح بعد شقاء ١٢٠ سنة يعتليني انها المجاديف تضرب
طيات الامواج بقوة وايمان متجهة نحو النور
انا ابحر
2020
“TREE OF LIFE”
Honourable Mention
Inhale;
the scent of the soil from the folds and ripples of the earth.
It is the tributaries that water the roots.
From the roots you feel that it breathes in you the scent of 7 thousand years and more.
Inhale the fragrance of the stem, twigs, and leaves, even thorns.
Inhale as you walk around.
From tree to tree, the secret of life
From roots lies the secret of connection to the Earth over many eras.
And from the high trunk, lies the connection to the sky.
And from its branches, lies the connection with the others.
Breathe, ponder, and don't wonder
Words by Agnes Ishak
استنشق ؛
راءحة التربة من بين طيات وتموجات الأرض .
ومن الروافد المقدسة التي تسقي الجذور .
ومن الجذور تحس انها تنفخ فيك راءحة ٧ الآلف من الأعوام .
استنشق ؛
استنشق عطر الجذع ،والأغصان ،والأوراق ،
حتى الأشواك
بارك؛ وتبارك
استنشق سر الحياة بينما تتجول
من شجرة الى شجرة .
من الجذر يكمن سر اتصالك بالأرض،
ومن الجذع المرتفع سر اتصالك بالسماء ،
ومن تفرعاتها يكمن سر اتصالك بالآخر .
استنشق وتأمل ولا تضل.
أنت لست هنا او هناك
أنت هنا وهناك
2021
“OH’ MOTHER OF MOTHERS”
Third Place Winner
Breaking through times and ages,
Into your temple,
Reaching your honourable altar,
And in the altar,
There is Inanna,
Willing to live!
Continuing the path of the ancestors.
Her identity is a legacy!
And her legend is a fact.
This is a statement.
A new birth certificate,
in the name of Inanna.
“Oh, Mother of Mothers”
They accused you of infertility
They decided that you did not bear children.
You have suffered,
stoning, division and distortion.
And how many times has this repeated
but you are still holding the same values,
A ray of light appears!
"يا أم الأمهات"
اتهموك غدرا بالعقم
وقررو ان نسللك لم يكن
ونسبو ما للك بهم
لا لم يتذوق الراحة ذلك البدن
يا أم الأمهات ؛
لقد عانيت من الويلات
ومن الرجم والتقسيم والتشويه والبعثرة
ومن الآهات
وكم مرة ومرة تكرر هذا وأنت في ثبات
بصيص من النور ؛
لاح!!!
مخترقا ازمنة وعصور
ليصل الى معبدك المقبور
ويتغلغل الى مذبحك الموقور
وفي هذا المذبح الممتلئ
جنين حي قيوم !
صابر على درب الاوليين.
حبله السري لم يطوله الشيطان
الهويته ارث !
وأسطورته حقيقة واضحة للعيان
هذا هو البيان
شهادة ميلاد جديدة
باسم (اينانا) (عشتار)
2018
“AWAKENING”
First Place Winner
“Awakening”
From there and from here, From the core of history. Symmetrical worlds, that have no limits. All mimic people from an aura that existed before existence.
Hymns, in the beginning is the “Word” and at all times the “Word” is carved upon every rock in the land.
A pillar of body rose from the “Word”, “God” blew in it his holy spirit. Then the “Word” became blood, nations, structures and names. A light, an arrow of light, stretched across the atmosphere.
To the core of Heaven and Earth.
To the “Word”.
To dive into ourselves.
To find what has been embodied in us.
But we are still in a state of hibernation,
calling for awakening,
calling for stability.”