Soheila Sokhanvari | |
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سهیلا سخنوری | |
Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
Education |
University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Goldsmiths' College |
Occupation | Multidisciplinary visual artist |
Known for | Painting, drawing, installation art |
Movement | Magic realism |
Website | Official website |
Soheila Sokhanvari ( Persian: سهیلا سخنوری; born 1964) [1] is an Iranian-born British multidisciplinary visual artist. [2] [3] [4] She is known for her drawings and egg-tempera paintings, often featuring her memories, or based on family photographs. [5] Sokhanvari now lives in Cambridge, where she is an associate artist at the Wysing Arts Centre, a contemporary arts residency centre. [1]
Soheila Sokhanvari was born in 1964 in Shiraz, Pahlavi Iran. [1] She left Iran in 1978 at the age of 14 before the Iranian Revolution, to study in the United Kingdom. [2] After she moved away from her family and her homeland, she found greater importance in her family photos. [6] She is a dual national with citizenship in Iran and in the UK. [7]
She graduated with a degree (1986) in biochemistry from University of Cambridge. [8] Sokhanvari also has a degree (2005) in fine art and art history from Anglia Ruskin University in East Anglia, United Kingdom; [8] a postgraduate diploma from Chelsea College of Art and Design (now Chelsea College of Arts) in London; and she has a MFA degree from Goldsmiths' College. [1]
Sokhanvari's early work featured crude oil, and eventually expanded to sepia drawings of family and pre-Iranian Revolution. [6] Her more recent artwork is made with brightly colored egg tempera on vellum (calf skin) and she uses a squirrel hair brush (which are reminiscent of the materials used in Persian miniatures). [6] She uses old family photographs as subjects for her paintings, and she heavily utilizes patterns. [6] She has also painted the feminist entertainers and icons of Iran as a subject. [6] [9] [10] [11]
Sokhanvari's solo exhibitions include "Rebel Rebel" (2022–2023) at Curve Gallery, Barbican Centre in London; [3] [12] [13] and "We Could Be Heroes..." (2023–2024) at Heong Gallery in Downing College, Cambridge. [6] Her artwork can be found in museum collections including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [14] and National Gallery of Victoria. [15]
Soheila Sokhanvari | |
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سهیلا سخنوری | |
Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
Education |
University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Goldsmiths' College |
Occupation | Multidisciplinary visual artist |
Known for | Painting, drawing, installation art |
Movement | Magic realism |
Website | Official website |
Soheila Sokhanvari ( Persian: سهیلا سخنوری; born 1964) [1] is an Iranian-born British multidisciplinary visual artist. [2] [3] [4] She is known for her drawings and egg-tempera paintings, often featuring her memories, or based on family photographs. [5] Sokhanvari now lives in Cambridge, where she is an associate artist at the Wysing Arts Centre, a contemporary arts residency centre. [1]
Soheila Sokhanvari was born in 1964 in Shiraz, Pahlavi Iran. [1] She left Iran in 1978 at the age of 14 before the Iranian Revolution, to study in the United Kingdom. [2] After she moved away from her family and her homeland, she found greater importance in her family photos. [6] She is a dual national with citizenship in Iran and in the UK. [7]
She graduated with a degree (1986) in biochemistry from University of Cambridge. [8] Sokhanvari also has a degree (2005) in fine art and art history from Anglia Ruskin University in East Anglia, United Kingdom; [8] a postgraduate diploma from Chelsea College of Art and Design (now Chelsea College of Arts) in London; and she has a MFA degree from Goldsmiths' College. [1]
Sokhanvari's early work featured crude oil, and eventually expanded to sepia drawings of family and pre-Iranian Revolution. [6] Her more recent artwork is made with brightly colored egg tempera on vellum (calf skin) and she uses a squirrel hair brush (which are reminiscent of the materials used in Persian miniatures). [6] She uses old family photographs as subjects for her paintings, and she heavily utilizes patterns. [6] She has also painted the feminist entertainers and icons of Iran as a subject. [6] [9] [10] [11]
Sokhanvari's solo exhibitions include "Rebel Rebel" (2022–2023) at Curve Gallery, Barbican Centre in London; [3] [12] [13] and "We Could Be Heroes..." (2023–2024) at Heong Gallery in Downing College, Cambridge. [6] Her artwork can be found in museum collections including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [14] and National Gallery of Victoria. [15]