ART GALLERY

MEKIC is proud to be the main venue to exhibit the artists who are from South West Asia and live in four corners of the world. Come and experience the richness of the art, in a cultural and friendly atmosphere, that is created in the region.

Our centre provides the best environment for the artists and art lovers to freely appreciate and discuss art and participate in cultural enchange.

     

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Tuesday to Friday: 11am – 7pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12pm – 5pm

    

Painting exhibition by Maryam Izadifard, Maryam Tavaf and Farrokh Vahabzadeh

Opening : Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm
Exhibition : from November 13, 2011 until January 15, 2012

The MEKIC Art Gallery cordially invites you to the opening exhibition of Maryam Izadifard, Maryam Tavaf and Farrokh Vahabzadeh, that will take place on Friday, February 3 from 7 pm to 9 pm. These young artists will present a selection of their works which echo their perception of the world, life experience and respective artistic sensibilities.

Born in Iran in 1982, Maryam Izadifard has been interested in painting since her childhood. As an arts graduate from the School of Architecture and Arts of Teheran, she has exhibited in a solo show at Mohsen Gallery (Teheran, 2011) and group exhibitions at the Sondouzi Museum, (Teheran, 2008), the Human Habitation (2009, London) and the Shirin Gallery (Teheran, 2010). At the MEKIC Art Gallery, she will present a series of her most recent works which is a response to one of the questions that she herself asks: What would I have drawn if I were to depict the relation between a human being and an animal?

As a member of the Association of Iranian Painters and of the Institute for the Promotion of Visual Arts, Maryam Tavaf has explored the world of painting for many years. Interested in various painting styles, she initially favoured realistic figurative painting, then oriented herself towards abstract painting, which quickly became her means of expression of predilection. Indeed, according to Tavaf, this change permits a full expression not only herself, but also a blossoming and growth. This is opposed to representational art that is limited to releasing, depicting and even memorizing the forms of what already exists. Maryam Tavaf has participated in several solo and group exhibitions.

As a self-taught artist, Farrokh Vahabzadeh has been interested in various fields of arts, among others, music, literature, sculpture, photography and painting. This versatility widens a multiple of horizons in which he constantly reconfigures and experiments with various angles of his vision of the world in all of its real and unreal dimensions. MEKIC Art Gallery will exhibit ten of his paintings that is marked by the glare of the color and the expressive pictorial gesture which unveils part of his artistic endeavours. Winner of various visual arts contests in Canada and abroad, Farrokh Vahabzadeh has been a jury member in photography contests and has exhibited his works in many group and solo shows in Canada and in France.

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