Haleh Redjaian
Haleh Redjaian’s drawings on paper, textiles, and walls push the rules the of geometry, often revealing error within its apparent order. Retracing and reshaping angles and lines creates what she calls a “natural abstract language.” Sometimes drawing on a precise backgrounds, such as grid paper, she weaves graphite into its framework with rough shadings and lines. Other times, Redjaian overlaps two pieces of grid paper, drawing directly onto their incongruous lines to produce a contradicting structure. Systematic yet agile, the artist relates her works to the way people create and adapt to organization in everyday life.
She often adapts this approach for textiles, lightly stitching patterns onto carpets hand knotted in Kerman, Iran. The inconsistent textures of the original carpets contrast with the smooth, regular lines of thread she stitches on top. Each work creates a dialogue between the two opposite approaches of hand-threaded abstraction.
Redjaian has had solo exhibitions in Berlin at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Vincenz Sala, Sox, and Betahaus, in Antwerp at Gallery Koraalberg, and in Gent at Gallery s. & h. de Buck. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde in Dubai, …
Haleh Redjaian’s drawings on paper, textiles, and walls push the rules the of geometry, often revealing error within its apparent order. Retracing and reshaping angles and lines creates what she calls a “natural abstract language.” Sometimes drawing on a precise backgrounds, such as grid paper, she weaves graphite into its framework with rough shadings and lines. Other times, Redjaian overlaps two pieces of grid paper, drawing directly onto their incongruous lines to produce a contradicting structure. Systematic yet agile, the artist relates her works to the way people create and adapt to organization in everyday life.
She often adapts this approach for textiles, lightly stitching patterns onto carpets hand knotted in Kerman, Iran. The inconsistent textures of the original carpets contrast with the smooth, regular lines of thread she stitches on top. Each work creates a dialogue between the two opposite approaches of hand-threaded abstraction.
Redjaian has had solo exhibitions in Berlin at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Vincenz Sala, Sox, and Betahaus, in Antwerp at Gallery Koraalberg, and in Gent at Gallery s. & h. de Buck. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde in Dubai, among other institutions.
