About Me
My recent body of work is a poetic research into the journey my family took to get to this point. As an immigrant I like to connect my personal life experience, my Iranian historical and cultural identity, with my understanding of Canadian culture. My work reflects my experience with immigration and my mother’s illness, a path to understand my story, the simple family daily routines like watching TV together or a regular daily conversation. Images of my childhood era, plays a significant role in my work. I believe these images shares similar feelings around the world.
After my mother’s stroke, I began to understand her influence and her ancestor’s influence on me and my sister. My mother as the strongest and bravest member of her family had a huge impact on her sister’s life and now I can see her fingerprints all over of my character. I would like to take a journey into normal days we had together that shaped my character. I think those normal days that I remember are the most important days that shaped me. The images I use also have this very Iranian spirit. I use photography and found images, primarily in black and white (a metaphor for memory). I connect my paintings with photography by using a similar black and white palette in order to eliminate boundaries between them. This tries to illustrate how similar we, humans, are yet how significant each story can be to each of us.
EXPERIENCES
WORK
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
- Freelance Graphic designer, advising small businesses and personal advertising design, Toronto, Ontario & Tehran/Iran, 2009-present
- Teaching art program at Central Montessori School (Elementary grade 1-3, Casa 3-6 yrs.), Toronto, Ontario, 2014-present
- “Draw to perform visits OCADU” Symposium, workshop assistant/project leadership, OCAD University Great Hall, February 2016
- Course monitor/assistant, Drawing workshop, OCAD University, Art Faculty, Fall 2015, Toronto, Ontario
- Online freelance Graphic designer, EIC/ARMACELL, Designing advertising and assisting the GM by performing various Administrative duties, Tehran/Toronto, 2009-2013
- Design Management, EIC/ARMACELL, Designing advertising and promotional literature, business cards, plus assisting the GM by performing various Administrative duties, Tehran, Iran, 2007-2009
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2013-2016
- Bachelor of Graphic Design, Tehran Azad University, Tehran, Iran 2002-2007
- Certificate of “Introduction to Adobe Illustrator” Oct & Nov 2017
- Certificate of “ Introduction to Adobe InDesign” Nov & Dec 2017
- Certificate of “ Introduction to SketchUp” May 2018
EXHIBITIONS(SOLO)
EXHIBITIONS(GROUP)
EXHIBITIONS(GROUP)
- WIAprojects Spring show, Solo painting exhibition, May 01 - September 30, 2017, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
- Solo acrylic painting exhibition, June-July 2010, Tehran, Iran, Banafsheh Gallery
- Solo Digital Painting Exhibition, December, 2009, Tehran, Iran, Banafsheh Gallery
EXHIBITIONS(GROUP)
EXHIBITIONS(GROUP)
EXHIBITIONS(GROUP)
-7500 miles, Univerity of MaineFarmington, Group painting exhibition, September 20th-November 1th, 2018, Farmington, ME, US
-7500 miles, The Baltimore Gallery Detroit, Group painting exhibition, April-May 2018, Detroit, MI, USA
-WIAprojects Spring show, Solo painting exhibition, May 01/September 30, 2017, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of TorontoThe
-39th Juried Show of Fine Arts, The Art Gallery of Mississauga, 12 January-19 February 2017, Mississauga, Ontario
- OCAD UNIVERSITY ART EXHIBITION AT MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES, October/2016-April/2017, Toronto, Ontario
- W.A.V.E art group exhibition, Catch the WAVE of art, 18th June - 10th July, 2016, Nature’s Millworks, Paisley, Ontario
- OCAD U Grad Juried Exhibition at Walnut Contemporary, 1 to 30th June 2016, Toronto, Ontario
- Group figurative and portrait exhibition, April 28th-May 2th, 2016, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- OCAD UNIVERSITY ART EXHIBITION AT MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES, October/2015-April/2016, Toronto, Ontario
- H&M competition “Toronto loves fashion, Fashion loves Toronto” exhibited at Dundas square, summer, fall and winter 2015-2016, Toronto, Ontario
- Group Exhibition, OCAD University (Life Studies course), Summer 2015, Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Ontario
- Group painting and photography exhibition, December 2011, Tehran, Iran, Behzad Gallery
- Group painting exhibition, November 2010, Tehran, Iran, Daryabeigi Gallery
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