"THIS EXHIBITION INCLUDES WORKS ALL FIGURATIVE AND SYMBOLIC, A-Z PAINTED BY HAND IN OIL, INCLUDING DIFFERENT STATES OF MIND, AND A REFLECTION OF OUR FEMININE SOCIETY.
MY MAIN GOAL IN THIS EXHIBITION IS TO EXPRESS THE FEMININE FREEDOM AND COURAGE OF THE WOMEN WHO RESIST AND ARE FREE FROM FEARS, PROBLEMS, AND FALSE BELIEFS."
- ALEMEH BAGHERIAN
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Zeinab (Alemeh) Bagherian Jamnani (b. 1984, Qaemshar, Iran) is a visual artist with a BA in Carpet Design and MFA in Painting. She is a member of the Association of Iranian Painters and the Contemporary Visual Arts Development Institute.
Group Exhibitions:
South Asia Institute, Chicago (2023)
a+c Gallery, Chicago (2022)
Expo Chicago, Navy Pier (2022)
WorldArtDubai, Dubai (2022)
Duel painting Exhibition, Liliya Art Gallery, London (2021)
WorldArtDubai, Dubai (2021)
Asia House, London (2020)
Gallery Washington DC (2020)
Blue Rhino Art Consultancy, Istanbul, Turkey (2019)
With My Roots, Asia House London, UK (2018)
International Museum Day, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2017)
The Behnam Daheshpour Charity Organization Exhibition, Tehran, Iran (2017)
The Summer Exhibition, Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2016, 2017)
The 1st Exhibition of World's Art Galleries: More Than 100 Artists from 20 Countries in Iran Museum of the Qasr Prison, Tehran, Iran (2014)
The Milad Tower Charity Exhibition, Tehran, Iran (2013)
Igreg Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2013)
The 4th Fair Visual Arts Festival, Tehran, Iran (2011)
Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2010)
The 4th Best of the New Generation Exhibition, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2009)
The 1st International Student Festival, Imam Ali Religious Art Museum, Tehran, Iran (2008)
Solo Exhibitions:
Seyhoun Art Gallery Tehran, Iran (2013, 2016, 2017)
Rooz Art Gallery Tehran, Iran (2012)
Shahed Art Gallery Tehran, Iran (2010)
East Art Gallery Tehran, Iran (2010)
Biennale
The 3rd International Painting Biennale Izmir, Turkey (2015)
Online auctions
Seyhoun Art Gallery's 7th Online Auction, Iran (2016)
Seyhoun Art Gallery's 6th Online Auction, Iran (2015)
Featured in a Behnam Daheshpour charity Organization Promotional Calendar Tehran, Iran (2017)
Selected as top 200 works in Nowruz Exhibition of Asia Visual Art, France (2015)
"My work reflects the inner spirit of women, a rooted, courageous, creative soul… that all powerful women share. These women belong to every corner of the world. If one woman suffers in any part of the world, all women suffer, and if a powerful and successful woman is rewarded somewhere on Earth, all women everywhere rejoice. These effects are paradoxical, meaning these characters are portrayed as pure, innocent, with a halo of light over their heads, and sometimes wearing green clothing symbolizing purity.
The concept of purity juxtaposed with nudity creates this paradox. Meanwhile, these women are veiled, meaning they are covered. That is, they are covered from head to toe with a miniature figure. The miniature symbolizes Iranian tradition and culture.
Every day, in every moment, we are in a battle between good and evil. We have both good and evil within us. Sometimes one overpowers the other, and sometimes vice versa.
We all wear masks in various situations to conceal our true selves.
These masks hide the inner face of a person.
Have you ever looked within yourself? This relates to the philosophy of introspection. Do you like yourself behind your masks?
These paintings are symbolic. Chess pieces, dice, angel sculptures, colorful dice, miniatures… they are all symbols.
A symbol means an object representing a higher and deeper concept than its outward form."