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Ava Afshari

Group Exhibition

Opening on 1st August 2025
On View until 22nd August 202

Presenting works by: Shirin Mellatgohar, Hejazi Sisters, Shaqayeq Ahmadian, Nastaran Safaie, Nasim Davari, Parisa Taghipour, Sara Hosseini, Oriya, Sara Tavana, Ava Afshari, Avin Farhadi, Elmira Mirmiran, Sara Assareh, Soudeh Davoud, Maryam Farshad, Mahya Giv, Sara Abbassian, Samira Batebi, Rouzan Bagheri, Marjan Hoshiar, Zari Hosseini, Sanahin Babajanians, Sara Soleimani Qashqai,Leila Nouraei, Parisa Abbassi, Maryam Farzadian, Moloud Mazaheri, Solmaz Nabati, Tina Sadeghian, Mansooreh Baghgaraei

The vibrant art works gathered in this exhibition are a product of this time and this place, where we are the happiest and the most miserable. A product of a land in constant state of flux, a realm where extraordinary circumstances always persist. It is the ambition of this exhibition to show that against such a back drop, purity of thought and approach is still possible and deserves appreciation and exposure.This exhibition brings together thirty female artists forming a collective union which becomes the emblematic Simorgh. This concept of collective unity, which arises from the diversity of the individual characters and at the same time benefits from it, is meant to show the spirit of the times that we live in and perseverance of female artists in traveling their own path, with belief that the journey itself is treasurable. Iranian female artists are constantly expanding their artistic expression, exploring identity, resilience and storytelling. Freedom, Liberation, emancipation, wings of flight and flight are threads that have been highlighted in this exhibition.

Solo Exhibition of Ava Afshari

Opening 4th October 2024
On view until 18th October 2024

Distorting reality is a game often played by artists. Ava Afshari depends on her sense of touch to understand and learn about materials and textures, enabling her to better build her own oeuvre. Mundane everyday pieces that are supposed to be touched are de-familiarized to alter one’s perception of an easily understandable object. The act of transforming the familiar to the peculiar and rendering useful tools useless.
By distorting reality, the artist references a number of layers of meaning: limitations, discriminations, violence, distancing as occurred during the pandemic, and finally, untouchability. For a generation that has grown up amidst different shortcomings and limitations, it is of utmost importance to find a way to speak out, or at least whisper.
Forcing clay, this primal material, and using intense heat to fuse and form ceramic pieces is akin to what a nation has been made to live with. Artists defy the confines of the mold and shake up the familiar scene. That is their strength and the power and merit of Iranian art.
Born in 1992, Ava Afshari received her BA from Tehran Art University. She has worked with diverse materials in her sculptural works as well as her thought-provoking installations, and this is her first solo exhibition.

Group Exhibition

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