Negar Jahanbakhsh

Many years ago I read an interview with Houshang Golshiri, where he was asked: “Why do you write?” He answered: “For many reasons, sometimes I write to know whether I am in love or not. Once it happened, I was witness to a relationship. I came back home and wrote the first chapter of my book. Then from the musical sense, I had to listen to it. I listened and then realized that he was in love, he was desperately in love. Thus I write to see if I am in love or not.

There are times that one is not aware of his standing in society. Several years after the Islamic revolution, around 1980-81, I had no idea what was going on. I had returned to Isfahan and was working as a teacher. Every two weeks or so I traveled to the writing association in Tehran. I also observed what was happening in Isfahan. A friend told me a story that he had become involved in. I told him: ‘I will give you 6 months to sort this out’. After six months I called him and asked him whether he finished the story or not, and he answered, ‘no’. I told him that I would finish the story. I wrote it to see what happens. Sometimes I want to show the truth of Iranian people to themselves, or in other words, to show them their own demons and inner monster.

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2014
MA in Painting from Art & Architectural Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2008
BA in Painting from Alzahra Art University, Tehran, Iran
2003
Graphic Diploma from Modarres Art School, Tehran, Iran

Selected Exhibitions
2020 The Other Art Fair New York, Brooklyn Expo Center, New York, United States
2019 The Other Art Fair New York, Brooklyn Expo Center, New York, United States
2019 Amsterdam International Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 The Other Art Fair Chicago, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago, United States
2018 This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 Monaco Art Week, Kamil Art Gallery, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
2018 Negar: An Introduction, Private Show, Tehran, Iran
2016 Volume Two: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, Private Show, Tehran, Iran
2015 Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Finalist Artists, Edge of Arabia, London, United Kingdom
2015 Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Shortlist Artists, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2014 Versus, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
2013 Tarahan – Tarahan, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Cutting Edge Artists, Mellat Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Selected of New Generation, Homa Art Gallery, Mellat Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 Note, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Awards
2018
LAM – Lisser Art Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015
Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Finalist, London, Un...