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Sara Soleimani
Painter
Iran
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Born in Kerman, Iran, March 1983
Bachelor in "Historical Artfacts Conservation & Restoration", Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
member of Caroun Art Gallery (CAG)
Individual Exhibitions:
- “Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart”, Aran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, September 2023
- “Wild Self-Portrait”, (Artist in Residency), Khaneye Ma, Kerman, Iran, 2022
- “Long Ecstasy”, Drawing Exhibition (Artist in Residency), Khaneye Ma, Kerman, Iran, 2021
- “Matisse inside Me”, AB Gallery-Museum, Shiraz, Iran, 2015
- “This Place”, Vesal Art Gallery, Shiraz, Iran,. 2014
- “Bitter Nostalgia”, AB Gallery-Museum, Shiraz, Iran, 2014
Group Exhibitions:
- Summer Group Exhibition Caroun Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 2023
- “Women-Life-Freedom”, Sahar K-Boluki Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2023
- “For Life”, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2023
- “Edge of Vision”, Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2022
- “Traditional Arts Event”, Sanati Museum of Contemporary Art, Kerman, Iran, 2021
- “Onlooking the Spring”, Sanati Museum of Contemporary Art, Kerman, Iran, 2016
Work Experience:
2004: Participating in UNICEF recovery project in response to Bam City earthquake. Assisting the employees of UNICEF and helping with children rehabilitation through organizing and teaching of painting classes.
2004-2005: Collecting, assembling, and selecting children’ paintings for presentation in exhibitions and publication to portray children as creative artists.
2005-2006: Painting Teacher – Yasamin Nursery and Elementary School, Tehran
2008-2010: Member of Advisory Board of Overhaul of Kerman Bazaar Project while engaged in renovating wooden artifacts
Since 2010: Research and artistic photography of tribal handicrafts including rags, Pateh and ethnic sketches while living on and off among them; Producing a documentary on tribal handicrafts as a conclusive upshot of my research and activities among the central tribes of Iran;
2011-ongoing: Refurbishment of antique object d’art and historical vestiges in particular wooden furniture; Organizing exhibitions and architectural rehabilitation events incorporating modern and antique in the same space.
Research on sketches, rugs, and tribal attire as well as traditional artifacts of Ghashghai, and other tribes living in central Iran. This enabled me to establish the prominent features of tribal handicraft and art to be contrasted and compared with modern artists including Cezanne, Matisse and contemporary Iranian painters.
2012: Producing etudes and examples in the style of Kerman woven Pateh. Reviving Kerman Pateh and studying tribal handicrafts that enabled me to express my feelings, rectitude, and elation in a more profound way in my own work. Inspired by artistry and life of tribal people, I undertook to recreate tribal sketches by needlework in the style of Kerman Pateh interlacing and knitting.
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