The Hug Painting

Arian Nowbahari is an italian-iranian film director, painter and electronic engineer. He was born in Sassari, Italy, in 1995. After graduating (BSc '17, MSc '19) in Electronic Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin, he moved to Tønsberg, Norway. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD degree in Micro- and Nano-systems at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He is employed as Researcher at the Vestfold Innovation Center. His research focuses on low power circuits and architectures for wireless sensor networks. He is author of several peer-reviewed articles, published in international journals. As a painter, his paintings have been featured in several solo exhibitions in Italy. He has been listed in the Aesthetica Artists' Directory (Issue 108, August 2022). He is the designer of "Painting-on-Chip", an experimental artwork in the micrometer world, realized on a microchip. His last short film "In the tank" won several awards around the globe. www.ariannowbahari.com