I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering 12 year ago, but then I left it to pursue my dreams of becoming an artist. I began my artistic journey with studying visual art in Tehran and continued my study in Bologna and Zurich. My master thesis, a series of self‐portraits, were selected by Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna for presentation in the First International Festival of Schools of Art and Design (FISAD, 2015), Turin, Italy. I have exhibited my works in several exhibitions in Iran, Italy, and Germany.
My past made me the person I am today. Challenges facing a young girl in an Islamic country, and experiences of living in different countries, all made me interested in thinking deeply about personal interpretations and practices of culture. The focus of my art is on objects that we frequently use in our daily life and on habitual actions that represent our norms and values. Even though being used frequently , these objects and actions identify us.
Being inspired by common
perception of daily life, I narrate my stories of human experiences. Challenges
facing a human soul in a technological world and experiences of social
interactions in different countries all kept me thinking about human suffering.
Individualism of the West and collectivism of the East, both disappoint you in
your expectations. Rather than spotlighting human sufferings, I seek inner
peace to relieve them, as the moment of seeing a stunning view of the sunrise.
The precious treasure of Persian literature and mysticism inspires me to look
beyond what is obvious and to look deeper inside myself. “You are not a drop in
the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
(Rumi, 13th c.)
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