Avideh Zahedi
Avideh Zahedi is Ceramic Artist residing in Oakland, Calif. She was born in Iran and moved to the United States when she was 12, just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution took over her homeland. Avideh arrived in Virginia to attend military school. For Avideh, this move was a shocking experience, as the Islamic revolution has been for the nation of Iran. Avideh joined her parents in Southern California in 1981. Her teenage years were emotionally turbulent as a result of her early life experiences. Avideh had a period of power struggle with her traditional Iranian family, who wanted her to follow an educational path that would lead to a stable and secure career. Avideh spent a number of years exploring different paths, until she found art in 1986.
Avideh first became interested in studying the human form when she started taking life drawing classes in Southern California. Shortly thereafter, she started to experiment with clay and sculpting the human form. Avideh moved to San Francisco in 1990 and completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at SFSU in 1995. Ironically, since graduation, Avideh has been working for large corporations in the investment and technology industries full-time, yet making art in her free time. She makes artwork in the basement of her home with the dream of someday making art full time.
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Avideh’s Figurative Clay sculptures are a result of years of taking freeform life drawing and ceramic classes. Avideh works to bring clay to life. Her figures are alive and expressive. Avideh’s sculpture is an expression of her feelings projected and molded into the clay. With each sculpture, she attempts to capture an emotion, frozen in a moment in time. Whether it is pleasure or pain, she feels success if the viewer is able to feel that emotion she left behind in her clay sculptures. In some of her work, she expresses dark feelings which many people are encouraged to keep hidden. . She feels that these feelings are more acceptable when inserted into the clay body than expressed verbally. Some of her light-hearted pieces have been influenced by her yoga practice. These sculptures are more about gesture, form and movement - and the peace that comes after a few hours of yoga practice.
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Website: www.mesart.com
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