Feeroozeh Golmohammadi Explained

Feeroozeh Golmohammadi is an Iranian artist, miniaturist, writer and an illustrator.^[1] For three years, she worked as the chief editor of an Iranian woman's magazine, Zan-e-Rooz (Today's Woman).

Biography

Feeroozeh was born on June 21, 1951, in Tehran. She began her art education in a high school and obtained a diploma in this field and continued her studies at an art university in Iran. Her artistic works have been exhibited in the Middle East, Far East, India, Europe and in the United States.^[2]

Style

Feeroozeh is primarily a miniaturist. Her major technique is hand printing with ink and mixed media. She also paints on unconventional papers using the medium of acrylic with additions of calligraphy. ^[3] Her works have been compared to the German artist Sulamith Wülfing.^[4]

Themes

The mystical Sufi-influenced images occupy an important place in most of her works.^[5]

Major works

Paintings

Ascension
Woman, Water, Mirror

Books illustrated

What Shape is an Elephant by Rumi (Katha, January, 2006)
A Prayer for World Peace by Jane Goodall (first published October 1, 2015)
The Jackal who fell into the Paint Vat by Rumi (2016)

Notes and References

Web site: Female Iranian Artist Ranks 2nd in Int'l Pictorial Books Contest. 1999-04-30. Tehran Times. en. 2019-11-06.
Web site: GOLMOHAMMADI:Eastern Art Helps Man Discover His Real Self. 1999-06-21. Tehran Times. en. 2019-11-06.
Torkzadeh, E., & Afshari, M. (2019). Influence and Application of Texture in the Works of Contemporary Iranian Painters (From 1987 to 2017). Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 8(1), 285-298. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v8i1.1948
Judith Ernst, "The Problem Of Islamic Art". In Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip-Hop (Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2005), p. 125. Ernst specifically cites Golmohammadi's painting Ascension as featuring imagery and mystical themes similar to Wulfing's.
Web site: Tehran's building murals recreated. 2007-05-24. Harvard Gazette. en-US. 2019-11-06.