My recent work has focused on developing a visual and structural language which comes from and speaks across my different cultural sources. In this language I am looking for a visual poetry that allows a transformation or conversion.
In my collages and greeting cards I use this language to explore my passion for nature and its depiction through others' eyes. Whether a 17th century Persian miniature, an illustration from a calendar or my own paintings and drawings, these cut-out images enable me to explore two realities at the same time. On one hand, I pick and choose the images while alternating between these realities - east and west, natural settings and structure created by man. On the other, while appropriating these images, I lean toward constructing a new reality in which the two opposing worlds co-exist in natural yet fragile settings, expressing a shared humanity while also conveying a sense of wonder.
In my collages and greeting cards I use this language to explore my passion for nature and its depiction through others' eyes. Whether a 17th century Persian miniature, an illustration from a calendar or my own paintings and drawings, these cut-out images enable me to explore two realities at the same time. On one hand, I pick and choose the images while alternating between these realities - east and west, natural settings and structure created by man. On the other, while appropriating these images, I lean toward constructing a new reality in which the two opposing worlds co-exist in natural yet fragile settings, expressing a shared humanity while also conveying a sense of wonder.
Iranshid Ghadimi was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1960. She attended the Behzad School of Fine Arts from 1975 to 1979. Revolution,
war, and motherhood changed the direction of her life. In 1984 she went to Paris France. She moved to the United States in 1985 and became a citizen in1997. She has lived in Los Angeles, New York, Berkeley, and finally settled in Oakland, California. In 1997,
her passion for arts reignited, she attended San Francisco Art Institute, where she received her Bachelor in Fine Art with a major
in painting. Iranshid then attended Mills College in Oakland, California where she received her Master of Fine Art in 2004.
war, and motherhood changed the direction of her life. In 1984 she went to Paris France. She moved to the United States in 1985 and became a citizen in1997. She has lived in Los Angeles, New York, Berkeley, and finally settled in Oakland, California. In 1997,
her passion for arts reignited, she attended San Francisco Art Institute, where she received her Bachelor in Fine Art with a major
in painting. Iranshid then attended Mills College in Oakland, California where she received her Master of Fine Art in 2004.
Iranshid has a large selection of prints and cards at Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany, CA.
