2025
Metanoia 1/ Installation with Paper, Paper Casting, Drypoint, 9’3” 6’6” 7’7”
Metanoia explores my cultural identity as a new resident in the United States using Printmaking, hand-made paper, fabric, mixed-media collage, and video. This exhibition investigates my shifted identity from my hometown, Kurdistan, Iran to this new environment through searching for a new visual language. My artworks juxtapose different forms and concepts regarding my cultural identity in which a part of me is always missing like a fragment of an ancient object. I have many contradictory feelings about the new version of myself, trying to compensate for my insecurities by using transformed patterns just like my transformed identity. Misinterpretation, separation, lack of intimacy, and mistranslation in an unfamiliar world are inspiring sources in my works that lead to a distortion of my identity in a new language translation
Worship Corner
Handmade papers, Drypoint, 7’ 7’ 7’
Metanoia 2
Handmade papers, Mirror sheet, Drpoint, Fake fur, 6’.6” 5’.5”
The Gap 2
Collage, Handmade paper, Fabric, Mirror sheets, Sewing, 50″ 70″
Rebound 1
Drypoint on Handmade paper, Fabric, 80” 20”
Rebound 2
Drypoint on Handmade paper, Fabric, 80” 20”
Rebound 3
Drypoint on Handmade paper, Fabric, 80” 20”
Rebound 4
Drypoint on Handmade paper, Fabric, 80” 20”
New Alphabet
Monoprint on Handmade paper, Fabric, 83” 20”
Semblance 2
Handmade paper, Fabric, 35″ 35″
Kurdish Fragments
Kurdish fabrics, Glass box, 14” 12” 6”
Installation View 3/ Metanoia, Duration: 8:12
Video access: https://vimeo.com/1076104623?share=copy
Installation View 1
Installation View 2
Ephemeral Monument
Drypoint on Handmade paper, 13” 30”
Pattern memorry
Drypoint, Chine-collé, Handmade paper, 30” 23”