{"id":12,"date":"2014-12-04T14:37:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2014-12-04T14:37:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T21:37:48","slug":"art-background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/art-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in Iran, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isfahan\">Isfahan<\/a>. A city that is famous for being the beating heart of Iranian art from centuries ago. At the age of eleven, I took up painting as a pastime without focusing on any particular style. When I was fourteen painting became my greatest passion. I started learning academic principles and methods of drawing and painting at private classes during high school. Later on, I studied impressionism with <a href=\"https:\/\/atashzadart.wordpress.com\">Mohammad Reza Atashzad<\/a>, a well renowned watercolor painter. After four wonderful years, this inclination towards impressionism was then replaced by a passion for modern art. I started learning principles of modern painting and I created expressionist and cubist artwork at private classes held by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samandarian.net\/biography\/\">Mahmud Samandarian<\/a>.\u00a0Then I took classes with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gh-nami.com\">Gholamhosssein Nami<\/a>, one of the leaders of Iranian modern painting. I began experimenting with mixed media and exploring the fascinating world of abstract painting. My art was deeply influenced by this era that took four years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Messy-room-Pastel50cm-by-70-cm.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Messy-room-Pastel50cm-by-70-cm-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Messy room, Pastel,50cm by 70 cm\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messy room, Pastel, 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also studied literature and calligraphy for years. I used to write poems, I still do occasionally. In my artwork I often make use of handwriting, mostly I write poems eithr by famous poets or any spontaneous poems from my own, anything that describes the moment and the feeling that I want to express. Many\u00a0of my paintings was inspired \u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wordswithoutborders.org\/article\/the-fish\/\">The Fish<\/a>, a poem by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahmad_Shamloo\">Ahmad Shamlou<\/a>. I called them &#8220;Mirror Pond Collection&#8221;. Following is an excerpt of the poem:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh certainty gone astray,<\/p>\n<p>oh runaway fish in the ponds of slippery mirror within mirror!<\/p>\n<p>I am a clear lagoon;<\/p>\n<p>now through the enchantment of love,<\/p>\n<p>find a path from the mirror-ponds to me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection1Pastel35cm-by-50-cm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection3-20cm-by-30-cm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mirror pools collection3, 20cm by 30 cm\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirror Pond Collection_I, Water-colour, 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection420cm-by-30-cm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection420cm-by-30-cm-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mirror pools collection4,20cm by 30 cm\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirror Pond Collection_ II, Water-colour, 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection2Pastel35cm-by-50cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection2Pastel35cm-by-50cm-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mirror pools collection2,Pastel,35cm by 50cm\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirror Pond Collection_III, Pastel, 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection1Pastel35cm-by-50-cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Mirror-pools-collection1Pastel35cm-by-50-cm-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mirror pools collection1,Pastel,35cm by 50 cm\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirror Pond Collection_IV, Pastel, 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since after, I became extremely keen in collage. I deeply believe that collage is one of the most creative forms and techniques in modern art: using pre-existing materials or objects to create something else, in most cases something totally different.\u00a0I have created collages of Persian music instruments inspired by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque cubist colleagues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/KamanchehPastel35cm-by-50cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/KamanchehPastel35cm-by-50cm-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kamancheh,Pastel,35cm by 50cm\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamanche, A Persian musical Instrument, Pastel, 2002<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/SetarWatercolor35cm-by-50cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/SetarWatercolor35cm-by-50cm-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"Setar,Watercolor,35cm by 50cm\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitar, A persian Musical Instrument, Water-colour, 2002<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/UntiteledCollage70cm-by-100cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/UntiteledCollage70cm-by-100cm-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Untiteled,Collage,70cm by 100cm\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collage, Mixed-media, 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Modernization-InsanityCollage70cm-by-100cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Modernization-InsanityCollage70cm-by-100cm-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Modernization Insanity,Collage,70cm by 100cm\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modernization Insanity, Collage, Mixed-media, 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Currently, I am interested in using materials that has been less used in collage. In 2009, I started experimenting with knitting material. My inspiration was my beloved grandmother who used to weave and knit for us with so much love and passion. These artwork got into a juried exhibition in 2010.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/41069_154595371218243_222553_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/41069_154595371218243_222553_n-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"41069_154595371218243_222553_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Memory of my grandma Collection_I, Collage, Mixed-media, 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/41254_154595497884897_7425037_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/41254_154595497884897_7425037_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"41254_154595497884897_7425037_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In memory of my grandma, II, Collage, Mixed-media, 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Narges_painting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-88 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Narges_painting-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"Narges_painting\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collage, Mixed-media, 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of my older Paintings:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/17Watercolor35cm-by-50cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/17Watercolor35cm-by-50cm-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"17,Watercolor,35cm by 50cm\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watercolour, 1998<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/12Watercolor35cm-by-50cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/12Watercolor35cm-by-50cm-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"12,Watercolor,35cm by 50cm\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watercolour, 1998<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Ink-130cm-by-70cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/Ink-130cm-by-70cm-130x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ink-1,30cm by 70cm\" width=\"130\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ink, 1996<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/AbianehKashanIranOil50cm-by-70cm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/files\/2014\/12\/AbianehKashanIranOil50cm-by-70cm-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Abianeh,Kashan,Iran,Oil,50cm by 70cm\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acrylic, 1993<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Exhibitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010, Engineering got talent, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada<\/li>\n<li>2010, Group exhibition in Cost collective gallery (Abstraction), Victoria, Canada<\/li>\n<li>2005, Individual exhibition in Museum of Contemporary Art of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran<\/li>\n<li>2004, Group exhibition in Atashzad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<li>2004, Group exhibition in University of \u2018Sanate Ab va Bargh\u2019 Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<li>2003, Group exhibition in Atashzad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<li>2002, Group exhibition in Atashzad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<li>2002, Individual exhibition in Daryabeygi Gallery, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<li>2001, Group exhibition in Haft Peykar Gallery, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<li>2000, Group exhibition in Kosar gallery, Isfahan, Iran<\/li>\n<li>1996, Group exhibition of engineering students of Iran in \u2018Elm and Sanaat\u2019 University, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010, Engineering Got Talent (for the fine art exhibition), University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1998, Teaching Drawing Principles at Azad University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1996, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> position in the National Competition of Calligraphy, Engineering Students\u2019 of Iran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1995, 3<sup>nd<\/sup> position in the National Competition of Calligraphy, Engineering Students\u2019 of Iran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was born in Iran, Isfahan. A city that is famous for being the beating heart of Iranian art from centuries ago. At the age of eleven, I took up painting as a pastime without focusing on any particular style. When I was fourteen painting became my greatest passion. I started learning academic principles and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/art-background\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Art Background<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}