My Story
In my work, I seek to capture moments and materialize perceptions, transforming them into textured relief paintings that tell stories of resilience, struggle, and the ignored emotions often left unspoken. My art strives to make visible the harsh realities that women face, unveiling the complexities and hardships they navigate in a world that frequently overlooks them. Through this process, I aim to offer a space for these experiences to be heard, felt, and seen.
Growing up as a girl in Iran, I was often confronted with harsh realities that led me into solitude—a place where I found refuge. In this space, art became my sanctuary, offering a way to express what words could not. Alongside my body, it became the language through which I could process my experiences, frustrations, and hopes. Creating allows me to connect deeply with myself and, perhaps, with others. It is my means of making—or not making—sense of the world, its beauty, its chaos, and everything in between.
Through my textured relief paintings, I transform both personal and collective experiences into visual expressions that fixate the moment, the tragedy, and the profound need to pause and reflect. In doing so, I give life to what is often unseen, neglected, or unspoken. My work is an invitation to reflect on the struggles, the resilience of communities, and the shared human experience of finding balance in a chaotic and often challenging world.
I believe that my artistic impulses have been greatly influenced by witnessing my mother weaving Persian carpets.
I was a child sitting next to her and sometimes gave her thread colors she requested and arrange the balls of weaving thread according to colors. As a child I was living in a colorful garden and this had become my world.
The delicacy and elegance I witnessed her weave with are relatively vivid images that never disappear when I hold a pen in my hand.