Soraya Sharghi
Works
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Soraya SharghiTempting (Ev.2), 2018Acrylic on Canvas198.12 x 114.3 cm -
Soraya SharghiSong of Tranquility,, 2022Acrylic on Velvet65 x 50 cm
Biography
Soraya Sharghi
Tempting (Ev.2), 2018
Acrylic on Canvas
198.12 x 114.3 cm
Soraya Sharghi (b.1988, Iran) is an Iranian artist living and working in New York City. Sharghi creates works in diverse media, such as painting and sculpture. Her artistic aim is to create new myth and narratives using ancient mythology including Persian mythology, revolving around power. She does not see her process as emulating the scenery of these tales, but instead molds them to serve her purpose and creates extraordinary or supernatural beings. Sharghi collaborates across the history and myth and connecting them with her today's personal imaginary world, creating new stories with her characters; while personally reaching for a universal language that creates dialogues spanning different social and political context. Sharghi holds a BFA in painting from Soore Art University in Tehran, and an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California. She has received several awards and residences including MFA Fellowship from San Francisco Art Institute, the Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award, the Graduate Fellowship Alternate Award from Headlands Center for the Arts, finalist for Tournesol award, residencies including The Post Contemporary and Brush Creek foundation for the Arts. Her work has shown locally and internationally such as Setareh Gallery in Germany, Leila Heller Gallery New York, Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, Menart Fair, Art Dubai, Intersect Chicago Fair, Art Monaco, CICA Contemporary Museum (Czong Institute for Contemporary Art) in Korea, Today Art Museum in China, MOAH Museum in Los Angeles, Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio, Andrea Schwartz Gallery and SOMArts in San Francisco, Aaran Gallery and Mah Gallery in Tehran, Iran among others.
Exhibitions
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Tall Tales
25 Apr - 30 May 2024The Tall Tale, a form of storytelling, is a fascinating exploration of narrative through exaggeration, distortion, and imagination. Rooted in oral traditions and folklore, tall tales typically feature larger-than-life characters,...Read more -
Event: Iranian Contemporary Art and Shifting Realities
Cromwell Place, London 19 - 29 Oct 2023Read more -
The Land of Cypress Trees: Connective Strings of Resilience
27 Feb - 4 May 2023During the recent four decades, much of what has been discussed or presented about or from a country as culturally, ethnically and geographically vast and diverse as Iran outside of...Read more
News
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* Soraya Sharghi Completes Residency at Taoxichuan International Art Center, Jingdezhen
October 1, 2025This summer, Soraya Sharghi completed an intensive residency at the Taoxichuan International Art Center in Jingdezhen, China—the historic city known as the “ porcelain capital...Read more -
* AVA Gallery is delighted to announce that works by Elham Pourkhani, Soraya Sharghi, and Mahsa Tehrani are now on display at The Middle East Institute (MEI)
February 15, 2025Curated by independent curator Donna Honarpisheh, MEI is leading an exhibition that showcases contemporary Iranian art. Titled Maximal Miniatures, the exhibition explores the deep connection...Read more -
* Washington Post Reviews MEI’s ‘Maximal Miniatures’ Exhibit on Contemporary Iranian Art
February 12, 2025With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition. For more information, please Click here .Read more -
* AVA gallery proudly announces the recent acquisition of “Freedom Dance” by Soraya Sharghi at the Moco Museum in London, UK
September 6, 2024Soraya Sharghi, born in 1988 in Iran, is an Iranian artist currently based in New York City. Sharghi works with various media, including painting and...Read more -
* Tall Tales in ArtDayMe News
April 5, 2024َAVA Gallery director of Ava Ayoubi has shown 'Tall Tale' a group exhibition with the artworks of Morteza Ahmadvand, Yasi Alipour, Maryam Amirvaghefi, Kamran Diba,...Read more
Art Fairs
