My practice

My practice is rooted in the traditions of miniature painting, which I studied in Iran. That training taught me the power of intention how every stroke, however small, carries weight. I carry that sense of deliberateness into all areas of my work, but I don’t stay within the boundaries of that tradition. Where miniature often relies on delicacy and detail, I’m drawn to bold, confident lines marks that are immediate and alive.

At times, I choose to abandon lines altogether. I work only with the leftover charcoal on the page, smudging it with my fingers to shape figures and movement. It’s a quiet, tactile form of mark-making an act of presence and intuition. In these moments, I’m not just drawing a body, I’m feeling it into existence.

My work is an ongoing exploration of the body its form, its memory, its meaning. Through gesture, pressure, and absence, I search for something deeper: to understand what it is to inhabit a body, and to let that experience speak through the body of my art. Each piece becomes a layered conversation between discipline and freedom, visibility and erasure, control and vulnerability.