Portfolio

Works

The complete body of work, grouped by series. Select a painting to view it enlarged.

Flowerpot Series

Goldan · 2017–2022

A flowerpot is a domesticated landscape, nature kept alive at arm's length on a windowsill. Enlarged to body scale, the vessel hardens into strata while the blooms dissolve into pure gesture.

Flowerpot Series (Goldan)Flowerpot Series

Acrylic on canvas · 180 × 200 cm · 2019

Flowerpot Series (Goldan) IIFlowerpot Series

Acrylic on canvas · 190 × 210 cm · 2019

Flowerpot Series (Goldan) IIIFlowerpot Series

Acrylic on canvas · 280 × 280 cm · 2022

Flowerpot Series (Goldan) IVFlowerpot Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 70 cm · 2017

Flowerpot Series (Goldan) VFlowerpot Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 70 cm · 2017

Flowerpot Series (Goldan) VIFlowerpot Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 70 cm · 2017

Flowerpot Series (Goldan) VIIFlowerpot Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 70 cm · 2017

Bulls Series

Ghav-ha · 2015–2019

The bull of the Iranian village — labour, wealth and sacrifice compressed into a single body. Oil is pushed across cardboard with knife and hand until the pigment behaves like hide.

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha)Bulls Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 100 cm · 2019

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha) IBulls Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 100 cm · 2019

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha) IIBulls Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 100 cm · 2019

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha) IIIBulls Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 100 cm · 2019

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha) IVBulls Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 100 cm · 2019

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha) VBulls Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 100 cm · 2019

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha) VIBulls Series

Oil on cardboard · 70 × 100 cm · 2019

Bulls Series (Ghav-ha) VIIBulls Series

Oil on paper · 23 × 23 cm · 2015

Yellow Cow (Studies)Bulls Series

Watercolour on cardboard · 20 × 20 cm · 2015

Yellow CowBulls Series

Watercolour on cardboard · 20 × 30 cm · 2015

Yellow Cow (Bloom)Bulls Series

Watercolour on cardboard · 50 × 70 cm · 2017

Colchicum Series

Hasrat · 2024–2026

A flower that blooms only after its own leaves have died, painted at architectural scale across multi-panel canvases. Translucent veils of acrylic are broken by impasto ridges, so longing reads as landscape rather than still life.

Colchicum Series (Hasrat) – TriptychColchicum Series

Acrylic on canvas · 245 × 615 cm · 2024

Colchicum Series (Hasrat) IIColchicum Series

Acrylic on canvas · 190 × 400 cm · 2026

Colchicum Series (Hasrat) IIIColchicum Series

Acrylic on canvas · 210 × 465 cm · 2025

Colchicum Series (Hasrat) IVColchicum Series

Acrylic on canvas · 210 × 465 cm · 2025

Anywhere Series

Har Koja · 2017–2018

Figures and fragments that belong to no fixed place, moving between monumental canvas and private ink note. The restrained palette gives each mark the weight of a coordinate on an empty map.

Anywhere (Har Koja) IAnywhere Series

Acrylic on canvas · 100 × 100 cm · 2018

Anywhere (Har Koja) IIAnywhere Series

Acrylic on canvas · 100 × 100 cm · 2018

Anywhere (Har Koja) IIIAnywhere Series

Ink on paper · 20 × 20 cm · 2018

Anywhere (Har Koja) IVAnywhere Series

Ink on paper · 15 × 15 cm · 2017

Fish Series

MaAhi · 2012

Large square canvases turn the Caspian catch into a single field of movement, silver over ochre. It is an early statement of the artist's ecological concern: abundance painted as it begins to thin.

Fish Series (MaAhi) IFish Series

Acrylic on canvas · 180 × 180 cm · 2012

Fish Series (MaAhi) IIFish Series

Acrylic on canvas · 180 × 180 cm · 2012

Fish Series (MaAhi) IIIFish Series

Acrylic on canvas · 180 × 180 cm · 2012

Fish Series (MaAhi) IVFish Series

Acrylic on canvas · 120 × 180 cm · 2012

Fish Series (MaAhi) VFish Series

Acrylic on canvas · 120 × 180 cm · 2012