london, London, United Kingdom
As a self-taught Iranian-Italian artist I’ve always taken inspiration from my own experiences of the...
About the artist
Joined In 2013
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About the artist
Joined In 2013
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As a self-taught Iranian-Italian artist I’ve always taken inspiration from my own experiences of the world. I’ve been painting since 3 years old with a first exhibition when I was a late teenager and have been very fortunate to have gained great inspiration from my parents.
Born in Italy and raised in Iran, we then left in the late seventies to live in Rome, Seattle and then Atlanta. The memories of my Iranian homeland are now just nostalgic images, as the country has irreversibly changed and is unrecognisable to me. I have lived in many places where I have felt like both a foreigner and a local. These things all give inspiration to my practice. I try to take the scenes and my experience and emotions of a place and with a vague idea of composition, I begin to paint. My artworks are often centred around a female protagonist and capture the nuances of the ever changing world around me which I see every day becoming faster paced and more automated with the advancement our society now sees.
My Italian mother was a renowned painter (collected by Farah, Queen of Iran, and had many exhibitions around the world) and her teachings guided me in my artistic development. From her I learned how to combine bold colours and freedom of design. M...
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