Melahat Manzouri Fard

Malahat was born in Iran and graduated from the Academy of Arts there. Now she lives in Nederland
Where she developed her artistic style.
When I paint or draw, I am like a traveler experiencing a magical and exciting journey that has no end. Meandering between abstraction expressionism and modern.My work is about inner journey and self-transformation. Art for me is a language and a way of expressing feelings and emotions. Painting is an exercise in discovery, invention, and risk-taking. By exploring color, balancing spontaneity and control, I participate in a visual dance without a pre-set dance schedule. painting and drawing is a mirth experience for me. I believe this positive energrie and dynamics transferred through my art to the obserber and surrounding space. I like to find inspiration at the moment, going into an unknown, like when I dance. The unexpected results of pushing color around the canvas give me a sense of boundless freedom that can be created into a visual vocabulary created from my subconscious mind, past experiences, and my physical environment. These imaginations , experiences, emotions are conveyed as endless colourful linear stories that are interconnected with a composition of refined lines that fill the...

Education

1998-2002 Art Academy, Tehran

Study of painting and design

2004-2008 Calligraphy Academy, Tehran

Field of study calligraphy

Exhibitions:

2021 Pharos (Group) Utrecht

2021 Art-loving Society PICTURA (Group) Groningen

2020 Participant in The 5 Seconds project of the Dropstuff.nl

2020 Nominee PALM ART AWARD 2020

2019 Nominee Galatea art prize, Galerie Pygmalion (group) Maarssen

2017 Artist in Residence, K.F.Hein Foundation, Utrecht

2008 Cultural house Hooray, Tehran (group)

2007 Cultural house Hooray, Tehran (group)

2006 Gallery Anjomane Khoshnevisan, Tehran (group)

2005 Galerie Zarabie, Tehran (group)

2005 Gallery Anjomane Khoshnevisan, Tehran (group)

2004 Gallery Khoshnevisan, Tehran (group)

2003-2005 Internship at Galerie Hoseinzadeh, Tehran

2003 Kamalolmolk Gallery, Tehran (solo)

2001 Kamalolmolk Gallery, Tehran (group)