IRAN

Mohsen Hoseinmardi

“Metamorphosis”

 

The presence of cubical man or cubic in my painting has appeared in the midterm of my professional life as a painter, due to  an accident which has caused the loss of my right eye. Since then, my sight has faced obstacles and so my paintings have experienced evolutions. I use the word evolution because I believe even lack of sight cannot prevent the painting though. It can prevent seeing it, but never the act of  painting it. My sight has changed, but the history of painting is the history of seeing differently and originally these obstacles in sight, voices and writing caused the evolution in art and society.

In art I believe the standard is doing things highly wrong, with the appropriate standard of anarchy. The difference between seeing  the world with one or two eyes is like the difference between sheet-like and geometric shapes, or the difference between the bi-dimensional world and three-dimensional world, or the difference between flat surface and cubic.

Painter

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Born: 1977, Tehran, Iran
Started painting: 1993
Influential mentors: Behzad Shishegaran, Behrouz Moslemian 
MEMBERSHIPS: 
Member of the Iranian Visual Arts Institute (since 2017)
Member of the Iranian Painters Association (since 2019)  
ACTIVITIES: 
Founder and director of Markab Visual/ Arts Academy (since 2021) 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
- 2004 - Seihoun Gallery
Born in Mid-Aupust: Portraits of Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
- 2014 - Elahe Gallery
Cold Sleep - A figurative collection inspired by surrounding spaces and personal experiences
- 2014 - Sayeh Gallery
My Semi-Dark World - A series of large-scale portraits focusing on personal circumstances
- 2016 - Afrand Gallery
Time in my mind - Small-scale portraits influenced by the artist's inner and mental space
- 2024 - Afrand Gallery
Metamorphosis - Comprising two parts: large-scale figurative works reflecting lived experiences and visual perception, alongside small portrait paintings presented in wooden boxes GROUP EXHIBITIONS Participated in more than one hundred group exhibitions, festivals, biennials, and live painting performances in galleries both in Iran and internationally.

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