Arghavan Khosravi
Arghavan Khosravi | |
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ارغوان خسروی | |
Born | 1984 (age 39–40) |
Education | Brandeis University |
Alma mater | Islamic Azad University, University of Tehran, Rhode Island School of Design |
Occupation | painter, sculptor, illustrator |
Movement | Surrealism |
Awards | Joan Mitchell Foundation (2019) |
Website | Official website |
Arghavan Khosravi (Persian: ارغوان خسروی; born 1984) is an Iranian-born American visual artist, and illustrator.[1][2] She is known for her three dimensional paintings with works that cross between the traditions of European Renaissance and Persian miniature; with themes of freedom, exile, and empowerment.[3] Khosravi lives in Stamford, Connecticut,[4] and previously lived in Natick, Massachusetts.[5]
Early life and education
Arghavan Khosravi was born in 1984 in Shahr-e Kord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran, and was raised in a secular household in Tehran.[6][7] In part due to Iranian societal issues in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, at an early age she was made aware of the distinct difference between public and private spaces.[6] The theme of the compartmentalized self was one that carried on in her later-made artwork.
Khosravi earned a BFA degree (2006) in graphic design from Islamic Azad University; an MFA degree (2009) in illustration from the University of Tehran; and a MFA degree (2018) in painting from Rhode Island School of Design.[6] Several years after attending the University of Tehran, Khosravi worked as a graphic designer and children's book illustrator.[7] She has illustrated around 20 books.[7] She was detained by the morality police in 2011.[6] In 2015, she moved to the United States to finish her education.[6] She attended a one-year postbaccalaureate program at Brandeis University.[5]
Career
In her artwork, she juxtaposes contradictions in her images between freedom and restraints; and they often feature dream-like colorful and whimsical gardens, and something disturbing happening such as someone purposely limiting or obstructing the freedom of the female subject's bodily movement.[8] She uses traditional Persian textile patterns in many of her paintings.[9] Hair as a symbol has been used in many of her works; which a global audience took notice to after the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022.[10][6]
In 2019, Khosravi had her first solo exhibition in a gallery at Lyles & King in New York City. [11][7] In April to September 2022, she held her first solo museum exhibition at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1] Other notable exhibitions include Rachel Uffner gallery (2021) in New York City;[12] Rockefeller Center (2022);[13] Kavi Gupta Gallery (2022) in Chicago;[4] and Stems Gallery (2022) in Belgium.[8]
Her work is in public museum collections including at the Newport Art Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, and RISD Museum.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Open Studio: Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi and playwright Matthew López". WGBH news. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ Bowen, Jared; Barillaro, Maureen (2022-08-11). "Iranian artist's surrealist work explores restrictions on women and immigrants". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ Memarian, Omid (2022-05-12). "'The ambition of expressing myself freely': A conversation with Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi". Global Voices. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ a b Upenieks, Elizabeth (2022-09-17). "Review: Arghavan Khosravi's The Witness at Kavi Gupta Gallery". Sixty Inches From Center. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ a b c "Arghavan Khosravi". Joan Mitchell Foundation. 2019. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ a b c d e f Palumbo, Jacqui (November 1, 2022). "Iranian artist's surreal paintings of women take on a new sense of urgency". CNN. ISSN 1607-8810. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ a b c d Fenstermaker, Will (October 30, 2019). "Facing Duality: Arghavan Khosravi". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ a b Ebert, Grace (2022-08-26). "Bound by Cord, the Women of Arghavan Khosravi's Paintings Exemplify the Borderless Fight for Equality". Colossal. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ "The Best Events Happening in August". New Hampshire Magazine. 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ "Gerçeküstü isyan: İranlı sanatçı resimlerinde başrolü saçlara veriyor - Diken". Diken.com.tr (in Turkish). 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ Fateman, Johanna (2019). "Goings on About Town: Arghavan Khosravi". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ Howe, David Everitt (2021-05-18). "One Work: Arghavan Khosravi's "Black Rain"". Art in America. ISSN 0004-3214. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ Culgan, Rossilynne Skena. "Art in Focus: Arghavan Khosravi". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
External links
- Official website
- Video: Open Studio Full Show: April 22, 2022 from GBH-TV on YouTube
- Article: Muslim Ban Made Personal (2017) by Simone Solondz, RISD News
- Podcast: Arghavan Khosravi, Tavan Studio in Conversation (January 26, 2020)
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- Living people
- Iranian emigrants to the United States
- Islamic Azad University alumni
- University of Tehran alumni
- Rhode Island School of Design alumni
- American women painters
- Iranian women painters
- American women sculptors
- Iranian women sculptors
- People from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
- Mahsa Amini protests