About Artist
I was born in Kerman, Iran, into a working-class family. When I was seven, my father, who worked as a driver for the Kerman foundry, lost his life in an accident.
At seventeen, I abandoned religion and developed a deeper interest in writing, photography, and cinema. I wrote stories and poems, partly as a way to overcome solitude and partly out of my profound interest in art.
After graduating from high school, I was admitted to the Film Program at the Faculty of Cinema and Theater in Tehran, where I moved to pursue my studies. I received both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in film.
My work explores solitude, human relationships, violence, freedom, and the conflict between individuals and the social and religious structures that shape their lives. Since beginning my art nude photography in 2004, solitude has emerged as a recurring theme throughout my work.
I seek to develop a personal visual language in which form and content are inseparable. Through darkness, light, composition, symbolism, and the human body, I create images that reflect my own experiences, beliefs, and critical view of the world around me.
Criticizing Religion, particularly Islam, has also been an important subject in my work. I believe that no ideology should be beyond criticism, especially when it justifies violence, discrimination, or the denial of individual freedom. For me, art should not turn away from the realities of human life, even when confronting them is uncomfortable.
My work is not intended to provide definitive answers. Rather, it invites viewers to look beyond appearances, question familiar beliefs, and discover their own interpretations.
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White color is released from my hand
Red is spinning in my head
Black takes me away
Love flaps its wings in the air
I cannot catch it
A sheep cries
Upon his mother’s blood
As it traces death’s dance on the ground
The sorrows in the chest
The smiles in the picture frames
What a riot it is...
This resurrection of solitude
Love flaps its wings in the air
I cannot catch it
