Samira Akbari Hozmahi

My work talks about the universal human experience by retelling my own stories, It documents how I became, who I am and how different environments have shaped me. I use a symbolic language and the human body to show my experiences at different times and places. I find that the resulting work investigates the cycle of joy and pain. It also talks about the influence of culture and architecture in making us who we are. I use body casting from the human body and cast them in Ceramic and Bronze, I put the result inside of old vintage frames, frames are casting from the actual vintage frames. Simply the frames represent the structures of the society, culture and religion and the body parts from casting inside of them are struggling to fit in because they are affected by the frame. They have struggled to get out of frames or fit themselves inside of it. I believe we should be aware that we are the result of the t environments that we live in also everyday life. I often have figurative works and add small subjects to them, these subjects are small but effective to me, they carry memories. They are cast from the real subjects and attached to the figure.

Master of Fine Arts. Academy of Art University San Franciso