Artist Statement

As a child, I would sit beneath my parents’ dining table in Iran, not playing with dolls but with salt and pepper shakers, plates, empty boxes, and spoons—whatever I could gather into my small cave. From these objects, I created entire worlds—spaces of imagination that offered a counterpoint to a reality shaped by limitation. Imagination became my refuge early on. The medium changed, but the principle remained.

I have always followed the call of creativity. I first learned to express it through the body—through movement and physical experience, shaped by my training in the performing arts. Later, through my hands, shaping and forming, and eventually through language. These forms of expression continue to shape the landscape of my artistic practice and have opened me to new challenges.

In the studio, I enter a state of inner listening. I follow the traces of my experiences—the transitions between phases of life, decisions, memories, longings, and moments of arrival. It is a process of approaching, not of holding on.

In my work, I explore tensions between dream and reality, desire and actuality, courage and fear. My process is intuitive. Each work begins with a feeling—an inner movement that guides the process and allows form to emerge.

This process connects me to moments of inner truth—instances of inspiration, wholeness, and a deep connection to myself and to a larger whole. I experience both profound love and pain, not as opposites, but as part of a larger continuum.

I work with acrylic in multiple layers, developing a textured surface that reflects processes of transition. I work on wood panels that I cut, shape, and assemble onto frames, allowing the material to become both surface and structure. The solidity of wood enables a more forceful, physical way of working. I also incorporate collage techniques into my practice and experiment with materials such as coffee to create depth and an earthy quality.

At times, the two-dimensional surface is not sufficient to express what I seek. In these moments, I expand my work into space, opening it toward installation.

Experimenting with different materials and detaching them from their original context to place them into new relationships holds a particular fascination for me. This process is often surprising, opening new possibilities for my imagination and awakening in me the urge to further develop it and assign it new layers of meaning.

Through installation, I return to the child I once was—sitting beneath the table, absorbed in the creation of her own worlds.