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Artist Statement:
The Capture of Movement
There is a connection between
the physical and the mental
and our bodies often express
feelings which remain
unspoken. In the same way that
bodies have a language, so do
paintings. I have developed a
language of movement, action
and emotion. Abstract
Expressionist and Action
painting techniques, are
strong influences in my work.
My paintings are built up from
layers of observed movement –
they come from life, my
imagination and my memories.
Simple, primitive colours are
spontaneously improvised and
dribbled, splashed or smeared
onto the canvas, rather than
being carefully applied. I
see the canvas as a space for
my gestures to communicate
emotion, authentic and free,
and for the viewer to
participate in the formation
of meaning.
Losing control and brush
handling are my techniques in
order to make a faithful
record of movement and action
on the canvas. In my work, I
use multiple brush strokes:
applying paint in observed
moments and a series of rapid
gestures over large areas
making thick, swooping lines
with unmistakable brush marks.
I need to have freedom for
brush-handling and space to
express feelings so the size
of my work has always been
substantial scale. In the ...
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EXHIBITIONS
2011 – Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto
2011 – Award Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto
2008 - ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL Valentín Ruiz Aznar, Granada, Spain
2008 – Arta Gallery, Toronto
2005, 2003, 2001 – Sabz Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 – Barg Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999 – Tajirish Children’s Hospital, Tajirish, Iran
1998, 1997, 1996 – Mirror of Art Festival, Bahman Cultural House, Tehran, Iran
1996 –First Exhibition of the War Victims, Tehran Art Museum
1994 –Youth Group Painting Exhibition, Tehran International Exhibition Center
1994 –First Experimental Painting and Graphic Exhibition, Tehran International Exhibition Center
PUBLICATIONS
1995 – Designed and illustrated four primary school textbooks under contract to Ministry of Education, Iran
• My First Writing
• Pre-School Arabic
• Pre-School Mathematics Vol I, Vol II
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1993-Present Art Association of Iran
2005-Present Society of Canadian Artists
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