Sari Ibrahim Khoury (March 13, 1941 – June 18, 1997, Arabic: سري خوري) was a Palestinian-American visual artist originally from Jerusalem.

As an impressionable child I witnessed all kinds of upheavals and painful situations and learned to internalize the agony of our impoverished status.

[1]After spending the remainder of his time in Palestine in Bir Zeit, Khoury came to the United States at age 17 on a fine arts scholarship to Ohio Wesleyan University.

Khoury began his academic career as professor of fine art at Berea College, KY and subsequently at Central Michigan University in Mt.

On July 21, 2001, the board of trustees of Central Michigan University recognized posthumously that Khoury be promoted to professor emeritus rank.

In 2024, two paintings traveled to Venice Italy as part of an exhibit of Palestinian artists organized by the Palestine Museum US.

[7]Khoury describes the free-style line both as an independent object and edge of a shape as an important characteristic of his work in the 1990s.

I have learned that it could be spontaneous or restrained or awkward or jagged or fluent thus expressing my emotional state of mind much as a jazz musician chooses to fluctuate with the mood of the moment.

[1]Khoury references the works of modern artists Paul Klee, Ben Nicholson, Arshile Gorky, and Wassily Kandinsky as sources of inspiration.