“I really like the performative aspect in my work”
Sara Niroobakhsh:
Born in the southern part of Iran, Sara Niroobakhsh is a Toronto-based visual artist. Holding a Master’s degree in Illustration from Art University in Tehran, she has been working as a painter, photographer, and video artist since 2008.Sara’s works explore the relationship between ancient cultures, semiotics, monuments, and memories, and are heavily influenced by both Iranian (i.e. Aryan) and Semitic imagery and traditions. Her dark, ambient portraits tell not only of her story as an Iranian woman, but also of the experiences of Iranian women in general. Exposing her hopes and dreams before the camera as both a ‘reciter of memories’ and an eyewitness, Sara illustrates with artistry the ongoing conflict between the desires and ambitions of Iranian women stripped of agency in a man’s world, and the often dull, mundane, stifling, and lackluster realities they face throughout their daily lives – and which they have to accustom themselves to, often against their will.
Sara Niroobakhsh’s Artwork
Sara Niroobakhsh – 30sec film artists Q&A
- What’s your favorite thing to do when you are alone?
- How do you usually get inspired again after working on a big project/painting?
- Do you collect things?
- What's the last great book you read?
- What super power do you want to have?
- What’s your craziest dream?
- What do you fear the most?
- Do you have a motto or creed that as an artist you live by?
- How do you come up with ideas?
- What project/art are you hoping to create but haven’t got chance to do yet?
- Is there a childhood experience that has helped shape the kind of work you do today?
- How do you know or feel when a good idea, is a good idea?
- What is the best advice you have ever received?
- What makes you feel satisfied as an artist?
- How did you overcome or emerge from a really low time in your life?
What’s your favorite thing to do when you are alone?
How do you usually get inspired again after working on a big project/painting?
Do you collect things?
What's the last great book you read?
What super power do you want to have?
What’s your craziest dream?
What do you fear the most?
Do you have a motto or creed that as an artist you live by?
How do you come up with ideas?
What project/art are you hoping to create but haven’t got chance to do yet?
Is there a childhood experience that has helped shape the kind of work you do today?
How do you know or feel when a good idea, is a good idea?
What is the best advice you have ever received?
What makes you feel satisfied as an artist?
How did you overcome or emerge from a really low time in your life?
Behind the Scenes – Filmmaker’s Experience
I find Sara Niroobakhsh’s works very intimate and honest. She is sensitive with her identity and the way she grow up. She uses her self as the medium to deliver the message of her art.
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