Maryam Hashemi Explained

Maryam Hashemi
Birth Name:Maryam Sandjari
Birth Date: 1977
Nationality:Iranian
Website:http://www.maryamhashemi.com
Known For:Painting
Training:Islamic Azad University

Maryam Hashemi (Persian: مریم هاشمی) (born 1977) is an Iranian visual artist based at Hackney Wick in East London. Often working in pencil, watercolour or acrylic paint.[1]

Biography

Hashemi grew up in Tehran. She graduated from Islamic Azad University in 2001 with a degree in Graphic Design and has been living in the UK since 2002. She is a figurative painter, currently working in the Magical Realist style but some of her works are closer to Surrealism. Her subjects are mostly women and recently many of her works are in the form of self-portraits.[2] She has been known for her works in watercolors and pencil, but her recent works are also produced with acrylic on canvas, recreations and installation.

She has been exhibiting in many museums and art centres including the London Canal Museum,[3] [4] Watermans Arts Centre,[5] The Broadway and artsdepot.[6]

She has been featured on TV and radio shows including BBC2 Making Art,[1] and has been part of many festivals including Edinburgh Iranian Festival,[7] London Persian-English Theatre Festival and Hackney WickED.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 . Making Art Work: First Idea to Final Piece - Maryam Hashemi - introduction . live . https://archive.today/20240520-223635/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01z4v2n . 20 May 2024 . 17 May 2016 . .
  2. Web site: 13 April 2015 . Maryam Hashemi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240223143526/https://www.tracesproject.org/maryam-hashemi/ . 23 February 2024 . 17 May 2016 . Traces Project . Counterpoints Arts.
  3. Web site: 2009 . Summer Exhibition 2009 - Take A a Second Look . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090727161128/http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson/takeasecondlook.htm . 27 July 2009 . London Canal Museum.
  4. Web site: 2011 . Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161109190330/https://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/annualreport1011.pdf . 9 November 2016 . 17 May 2016 . . 4.
  5. Web site: 24 June 2010 . Five of the best: Iranian artist at Watermans Arts Centre . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064123/http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/five-best-iranian-artist-watermans-5997012 . 4 March 2016 . 17 May 2016 . MyLondon.
  6. Web site: September 2015 . The 3rd London Persian English Theatre Festival catalogue . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170309031906/http://www.saamtheatregroup.com/peitfl15.pdf . 9 March 2017 . Saam Theatre Group and London Independent Iranian Community Arts Association.
  7. Web site: 2015 . Art Exhibition . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20160323165417/http://www.ediranfest.co.uk/pages/art.php . 23 March 2016 . 17 May 2016 . Edinburg Iranian Festival.
  8. Web site: Hackney Swingers' Club. Hackney WickED. 2016-05-17.

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