CH·03 — The story
How it happened.
Each beat is anchored by a real piece from the collection. They slide away as you go.
Morocco, the start
Where the patience comes from.
I grew up near Rabat, carving the offcuts the master woodcarvers left behind while they built our family home. Mark out the geometry first, then take very small bites at it. The pattern was usually arabesque: infinite repetition under a small set of rules. I still cut those patterns today, with a laser instead of a chisel.
First solo show: Meridian Arts Centre with TO Live, Toronto, May 2026
Verto Health, 2018 → 2026
Nine years inside hospital data.
Employee #2, helped take the team to 80 by doing whatever the company didn't yet have someone for. A hundred-plus deployments, ten million patient journeys, and the patent underneath it. The buyers were hospital CIOs: buried in regulation, scientifically literate, exhausted by generic pitches.
Patent WO2025147762A1, filed January 2025
Lovable Shipped, 2025
Six weeks against 5,800 builders.
My father rebuilt our family's life from a kitchen-installer's truck; most of what I know about velocity I learned watching him work. In August 2025 I tested eight years of operating discipline against a clock with money on it and won the $100K grand prize. Those six weeks were rough, and the discipline was the part that transferred.
GiveFeedback.dev: #1 globally, paying clients before the prize closed
Off the clock
The pieces are real.
Every artwork on this page is a physical object: custom laser-cut cardboard, spray paint, hardwood frames, cut on the machine beside my desk. The first solo show ran at the Meridian Arts Centre with TO Live in May 2026, and I take commissions. I'm a girl dad now, which is most of why the making still matters to me: it's the part of the work she gets to watch.
art.mahmoudhalat.com · commissions open
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