Ray Mahdavieh

Born in a small village in Iran, 1948, I spent sixty something years of my life living and engaging business in many countries including England, Germany, Netherland, Malaysia and America. Living in different countries and being exposed to various cultures allowed me for rich experiences about life and the world, while giving me a chance to expand my thoughts and cultivate my mind. For reasons unknown to me, perhaps led by the mysterious hands, I came to find my ultimate understanding and consolation in Eastern philosophies and religions; Life is an illusion, there is no birth or death as we all are in essence eternal souls, we come to Earth to learn Karmic lessons with every single person and situation as our text books, and having compassion and practicing kindness is our ultimate bliss.

My paintings are in a nutshell an embodiment of “East meets West” where my Eastern thinking finds its expression via abstract acrylic painting, uniquely Western in style and medium. Such paintings as The Metamorphosis, Life Force, Rat Race and Beyond, Feast of Lights, Razzle-Dazzle, and Phoenix, are representative of my understanding about the meaning of human existence and efforts to get nearer to nirvana. Yet, as you see in the descri...

1 Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism festival 2013