Shirin Tabeshfar

My paintings are about stories that are made up of small moments that are lived in the past and demonstrated in the present.

Shirin was born in Tehran and studied at the Behzad school of Fine Art. When she was eighteen she moved to the UK where she studied combined art in Bristol for two years and later went to Bath Academy of Art and studied a BA in Graphic Design. 

“I try to create a link between the images left in my memory with the change of time of place, a kind of communication with my inner life, what was lost or regain. The details are weak and blurred but with a form that frees itself from all the particulars.

Unfolding my experiences, intentions and dreams across time and memory. I try to define myself through the act of painting.Thus the brushstrokes are understood as a direct expression and my inner feeling.The finish is left raw, so the painting retains the drama of its creation.

The works consist of spaced layers, of different textures, transparent or opaque, the layers will appear and disappear, simulating their existence in memory. “

Shirin’s work often explores images of the past, a painter whose canvases are often divided; fascination with the relationship between order and chase, a determined contemporary artist intrigued by time. She combines elements of symbolism, spirituality and a sense of time in her work. 

Surfaces made up of what look like multicoloured lines drawn in a rush, are sometimes accompanied by the suggested geometric shapes and biomorphic elements. The compositions are thus organised according to a kind of orderly randomness.

The relationships between various elements is crucial, as in the Unwind series, where vertical shapes rise alongside other elements, alluding to totem poles, are aimed at restoring the links between earth and sky.

The ethereal and innocent brightness of the warm colours reinforces the joyful vitality and poetry emanating from these paintings, already hinted at by their titles.

Shirin's art manages to keep its innate freshness, in a world of silent poetry.

Afsaneh H.S Djavadi  — Art historian, Paris

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Shirin has been represented by:

Cricket Fine Art - London and Hungerford Cricketfineart.co.uk

Josie Eastwood Fine art - Hampshire www.josieeastwood.com

Fairfax Gallery . Tunbridge Wells https://www.fairfaxgallery.com/artist/shirin-tabeshfar/

Fairfax Gallery. Burnham Market https://www.fairfaxgallery.com/burnham-market/

Wilson Stephen and Jones. London https://www.wsjgallery.com/artists/288-shirin-tabeshfar/works/

27 Concept Gallery- Paris https://www.27concept.com/shirin-tabeshfar