Soheila Sokhanvari
Soheila Sokhanvari is a British/Iranian artist whose multimedia work cultivates a non-uniform practice though her themes are rooted in the notions of collective trauma, power and hope told through the narrative of the individual. Trained in Persian Miniature painting by her father as a child, her practice includes painting and drawing with egg tempera, Iranian Crude Oil and human hair on calf vellum as well as sculpture. Her employment of egg tempera on vellum in the traditional practice of creating colour slows down the art making process, which in the time of rapid global consumer society functions as a form of "resistance and anarchy”. Also in the light of the Duchampian statement that “Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready-made products we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are "ready-mades aided”, her paintings function as an “anti-readymade”. Her practice also includes creating sculptures with narrative that is related to the recent political history of Iran.
Sokhanvari has exhibited nationally and internationally, at galleries including the New Art Gallery Walsall Museum; the Royal Academy Museum; Saatchi Gallery; the Moving Museum in Dubai; and more. She was shortlisted for the Catlin Art Prize …
Soheila Sokhanvari is a British/Iranian artist whose multimedia work cultivates a non-uniform practice though her themes are rooted in the notions of collective trauma, power and hope told through the narrative of the individual. Trained in Persian Miniature painting by her father as a child, her practice includes painting and drawing with egg tempera, Iranian Crude Oil and human hair on calf vellum as well as sculpture. Her employment of egg tempera on vellum in the traditional practice of creating colour slows down the art making process, which in the time of rapid global consumer society functions as a form of "resistance and anarchy”. Also in the light of the Duchampian statement that “Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready-made products we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are "ready-mades aided”, her paintings function as an “anti-readymade”. Her practice also includes creating sculptures with narrative that is related to the recent political history of Iran.
Sokhanvari has exhibited nationally and internationally, at galleries including the New Art Gallery Walsall Museum; the Royal Academy Museum; Saatchi Gallery; the Moving Museum in Dubai; and more. She was shortlisted for the Catlin Art Prize in 2012.
Courtesy of Wysing Arts Centre
