Artist of the Month
Shiva Pakdel
Shiva Pakdel grew up in Abadan, Iran during the 60s. Abadan then, was one of the most liberal cities in Iran, offering a modern western lifestyle within a land filled with history and tradition. This immersion in and exposure to both eastern and western culture and art, provided Shiva with a great appreciation and enjoyment of both Iranian art, culture, history, and poetry, as well as the art and culture of the west.
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Classic Persian Rock may sound like an oxymoron but if you hear Kiosk just one time, you’ll know I’m right; it’s rock and it’s classic, and it’s most definitely Persian! And if you listen a second time, you’ll be a goner for the charm, wit and humble genius of Arash and fellow musicians in the band, Kiosk.
Cool brooding edgy lyrics in Farsi (that could conceivably go into the poetry section) set to Western Rock, masterfully intertwining two cultures like it’s the most natural thing in the world.
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Patricia is a native Iowan, who grew up with a fellow Iowa artist as an inspiration. Throughout school she remembers visiting the Museum and admiring the artwork of Grant Wood on exhibit, and was thrilled to be able to exhibit one of her pieces in the same museum. As a child she learned from her grandmother an art teacher who taught her the art of chalk talk and introduced her to the paintbrush.
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Naser was born in Tehran, Iran, and as a child has a passion for art and dreamed of becoming an artist. He was a great admirer of Leonardo Da Vinci to his many inventions as well as his artistic skills. Naser wanted to follow in his Master ‘s footsteps; his parents were against it, thus forcing him to paint in secrecy.
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As an artist one always faces the question of what to paint. That is, what it is that wants to pour out of my inner beings and weaves itself onto the canvas? Though at various times, the image that intrigues us is different, say an abstract painting, a landscape, etc, the language itself remains consistent.
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Reza Memari was born on March 1976 in Orumieh, Iran. His family subsequently moved to Munich, Germany, where he graduated from the Academy for Marketing and Communication. Until 1999 he worked as a Public Relations Manager and later as the European Product Manager for a major American video game publisher.
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Smile at life, Smile at each other,it doesn’t matter who it is and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.
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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
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Mehrdad Samimi began his art training as a young boy under his father, the celebrated oil painter and royal portraitist Reza Samimi. While attending the University of Arizona in pursuit of his architectural degree, he was featured in a documentary film about the university as an outstanding talented foreign student.
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Amir Salamat was born in Tehran to Maliheh and Hossein Salamat. The youngest of five children, he attended Alborz High School and later Sharif (Arya-Mehr) University in Tehran, where he studied structural engineering. He moved to the US in 1978. He finished his undergraduate in Portland, Oregon and his masters degree in San Diego, California. He moved to San Francisco in 1982 and has lived in bay area ever since with his two children.
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I talk about man’s land, the land which is Sometimes hard and cruel, but most often white, fluid and kind; Open like a host and silent like the nature; A piece of familiar land, to relax for a moment; a dreamy hesitation and a fillip to remember all forgotten things that we undoubtedly knew one day in the past.
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