Artist Statement:

I and myself
My Paintings are reflection of my imaginary world which never existed. Social inevitable influences bring me the dream of a world in which everybody is mute. This world ties me to people’s silence and makes me present myself without anxiety. There is a constant search for the best way to express the ideas that I have about myself and the world I live in. All the magic and bewilderment that comes with growing up.

Since the early 2009 my artworks have involved the creation of conceptually based myself object. I began drawing with closed eyes, trying with every finished artwork to propose a secret history of modernity, where people turning into someone they did not expected. Where the world itself is not in a hurry to do anything. Human being is in hurry to grow older and older, and do things all the people before them have done. They do not pay attention to possibility of mental decay in every moment of this life and producing unreal human copies. It comes from the process that I found myself being the most present in me. I do not have any similarity with the people I see every day, neither physically nor mentally. However, it seems that I must be like them to be recognized as someone great and impressive. I and myself Series represent the feeling of anticipating a sincere intimacy, warm, constant motherly, and moist with tears. We are used to be the same as each other. By this, it has become ordinary to us to avoid hearing, to be lost, and to say nonsense, and hand in hand, we go to the end.

These painting and images still flow through the veins of contemporary art and the culture with dramatic impacts. There are always similarities between different series, that are linked by recurring life routines. Each series often consists of a specific theme and its meanings in a range of different situations.

Painting for me is to tell a story and is my attempt to decipher the secret message of emotions and their attachments to the reality. The fact, which is not simple, and sometimes is not real. There is a blurred line between death and life, where I need those deep emotions and I can see the denouement of the world.

Artist Biography

I was born in Tehran. Iran. I studied Graphic Design at high school, and then I received my bachelors degree in painting from sooreh Art University in 2010. After graduation, I held several group and solo exhibitions. Also, I have participated in some wall painting and animation projects, as well as illustrating many books. My artworks conceptually, creates an imaginary world based on myself object. “I and myself” is the general title of my collections, consisting of different series.

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