Nevine Mahmoud is a Los Angeles–based sculptor whose practice investigates the intersections of gender, history, and materiality. Through an intensive process of carving and surface refinement, she produces sculptures in stone, glass, and bronze that resist fixed definitions of femininity. Her works balance sensuality with force, their polished surfaces interrupted by bumps, fractures, and irregularities that recall the vulnerability of flesh. By using deer as proxies for human bodies, Mahmoud introduces distance and ambiguity, allowing forms to be cropped, bisected, and contorted into charged gestures. Anchored in the ancient tradition of stone carving, her work reconsiders how bodies are seen, idealized, and consumed.