ABOUT
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Image courtesy of K. Colussy 2008
شادی عشقی
STATEMENT
Shady Eshghi spent formative years in an international school in her native Tehran. Her exposure to cross-cultural experiences differed from the Islamic values she was exposed to in post-revolutionary Tehran. Coming of age in a society subdued by anti-western sentiments propagated by the Iran/Iraq war, inundated her to navigate adversity by creating imaginary in-between spaces. Art functioned as her stable nexus synthesizing her diametric worlds: Secular vs. Religious, Iranian vs. American; Public vs. Private, East vs. West.
BIOGRAPHY
Hailing from a family with strong roots in arts and music, Eshghi was predisposed to pursuing the arts. Graduating from Alzahra University of Tehran in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, she relocated to Miami in 2006, receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts in 2009. Upon graduation she was selected for Oolite Arts (Formerly known as Art Center) artist residency, and while holding her tenure as a resident artist, she was honored with the prestigious "Extraordinary Ability in the Arts" in 2010.
Left to Right:
Eslimi Design -Persian Sarv (Cypress) -Boteh (Paisley)
Iranian stamp - circa 1975
THE OBSESSION WITH "BOTEH
"An ordinary carpet is for walking on, but a Persian carpet, richly woven, is an invitation to a dream" - Henri Matisse