Maryam Hashemi

Maryam Hashemi
Maryam Hashemi

Tehrani Girl by Maryam Hashemi
Born 1977 (1977)
Nationality Iranian
Field Painting
Training Azad University

Maryam Hashemi (Persian: مریم هاشمی) is an Iranian painter, based in London, UK since 2002. She grew up in Tehran and graduated in Graphic Design from Azad University in 2001. Her first solo exhibition was at the Haft Samar Gallery in Tehran in 2001 which was followed by a group exhibition of "Ten Iranian Female Painters" in Brussels. After finishing her studies she moved to London and since she settled has been active as an international artist.

She is a figurative painter, currently working in the Magical Realist style but some of her works are closer to Surrealism, her subjects are mostly women and recently most of her works are in the form of self-portraits. She has been known for her works in watercolors and pencil, but her recent works are produced in acrylic on canvas. Apart from painting, she has also been active as a performer. Her performance art has included working within the experimental Pink Fish Ensemble which typically involves mixed media, such as live painting, body art and poetry, often integrated with music.[1]

She was invited to Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2009 as exhibiting artist and for 2011 she was the festival's Art Representative as well as exhibiting artist.[2] She has developed a fascination with London's canals and their history more recently and has captured this interest in many of her recent works. In the Summer 2009 and Autumn 2010 she exhibited at The London Canal Museum with the photographer Tim Lewis as part of the museum's temporary exhibition .In 2011 the exhibition was shown at the Yorkshire Waterways Museum.

In 2010 She had been invited by Art centres such as Watermans Arts Centre and Broadway Theatre, Barking to exhibit as part of their seasonal program. During her exhibition at the Broadway Theatre, she was interviewed by Tamasha program from BBC Persian, Manoto TV, Persian VOA Shabahang program during the same exhibition.

References

  1. ^ Fish Ensemble
  2. ^ Arts - Edinburgh Iranian Festival

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