About me
Statement:
We live in a world of chaos and turmoil. The human experience is shaped by a constant struggle for survival. What is reality? we are manipulated, alienated and disenfranchised by powers in society and the environment we live in over which we have no control. The only existential compass and orientation can be found in inner reality. This inner reality can be reached by a process of deconstructing and decoding layers of - often supposed - experiences stored away and locked in our mind.
I use images in my photography as aesthetic tools to express states of mind and inner reality. Deploying archetypal concepts and tropes gives me the visual vocabulary to create my psychological landscapes. Frequent use of photomontage and photo-manipulation techniques allows me to create digitally staged landscapes that explore the experience of an inner reality versus an objective outer reality _ an experience that can cause anguish and pain.
I create artwork with a Hauntology approach. Because I think that in the field of visual arts, especially photographs if the form of the artwork evokes the aesthetic sensuous states of the past, the unconscious of the subject (audience) establishes a deep connection with the spirit of that artwork. It is as if the "soul" that Hegel spoke about awakens in the mind of the subject or the audience at the moment of viewing the artistic image. Therefore, I try to create an image by manipulating the photo so that the audience feels that they are viewing an analog image.
Awards and Honors:
- One artwork was selected by Aguilar Magazine 33 (2024)
- Selected for Australia and Belgium Open Call 2024 (Artcrush Gallery).
- One of the artworks named Pattern has been selected to be displayed at the Artists Village at NFT NYC 2024
- Participation in the Unseen Amsterdam exhibition as one of the three representatives of Albumen Gallery in 2023
- Selected in the Lensculture Critics’ Choice Awards 2022 Competition Gallery.
- selected in shortlist section, open competition, creative category, 2021 Sony World Photography Awards _ Published the photo in the Sony World Photography Awards 2021 book.
- Received a certificate from the Art Limited site, editors' section, 2021.
- Received two certificates from the Art Limited site, editors' section, 2020.
- Received a certificate in the conceptual category from the 2nd edition of Minimalist Photography Awards in 2020.
- Selected in the Lensculture Street Photography Awards 2020 Competition Gallery.
- Selected in the Lensculture Emerging Talent Awards 2019 Competition Gallery.
- Selected in the Lensculture Art Photography Awards 2019 Competition Gallery.
- Selected in the Lensculture Visual Storytelling Awards 2019 Competition Gallery.
- Received a certificate in the photomanipulation category from the 1st edition of Minimalist Photography Awards in 2019.
- Received two certificates from the Art Limited site, editors' section, 2019.
- Finalist in UAE SDG Photography Award, "Planet" Category, 2019..
- Selected in PH21 Gallery "Without Faces" festival. Attended the group exhibition of the gallery, 2019.
- Received twelve certificates from 35AWARDS since 2019.
- Received a certificate from The 6th Bio-Art Contest (Food and Feed), 2018. Attended the group exhibition of the contest.
- Selected in the Sixth Annual "Frida in Red" Group Exhibition, 2018.
- Selected in the professional section of Shamseh Photo Festival and received a certificate, 2013.
- Received a certificate from the 12th National Photo Biennial of Iran. Attended the group exhibition of the biennial, 2012.
- Selected in the Iranian Underground Artists Festival, 2011 (Festival on Facebook).
- Selected in the Saad Abad Palace Photo Festival. Attended the group exhibition of the festival, 2011.
- Received a certificate from International Poster Exhibition "PEACE IN A MULTICULTURAL PLACE" organized by the San Ignacio de Loyola University Art & Design Programme in 2009.
- Selected in two periods of Image of the Year celebration in Iran, 2009. Young people under 25 years old section (cartoon) _ Creative section (photography)
Group Exhibitions :
- Selected for Australia Open Call 2024 (Artcrush Gallery) _ Displayed all over Australia for two weeks (billboards) And displayed on 1000 billboards in Belgium.
- One of the artworks named Pattern has been selected to be displayed at the Artists Village at NFT NYC 2024
- Participation in the Unseen Amsterdam exhibition as one of the three representatives of Albumen Gallery in 2023
- The solo online exhibition on the Albumen Gallery website, 2022
- PH21 Gallery "Without Faces" festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2019.
- "Choice" group photo exhibition in the Shamideh Art Gallery. Organized by White Tree Group, Tehran, Iran, 2019.
- Group exhibition of The 6th Bio-Art Contest (Food and Feed), Seul, South Korea, 2018.
- Group exhibition in the Hinovations Art Gallery "Frida in Red", 2018.
- "30.30" group photo exhibition in Persian Idea Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2015.
- Group photo exhibition in Ivan Sepid Gallery, Mehrshahr, Karaj, 2015.
- Group photo exhibition in Iranian Artists Forum gallery. Organized by 12th National Photo Biennial of Iran, 2012.
- Group photo exhibition in the Saad Abad Palace gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2011.
- Group exhibition in the International Poster Exhibition "PEACE IN A MULTICULTURAL PLACE" organized by the San Ignacio de Loyola University Art & Design Programme in 2009.
- Group exhibition in Iranian Artists Forum gallery (carton section). Organized by Image of the Year celebration in Iran, 2009.
