INHALE by Shabnam Afrand
June 10 to 12; from 1pm to 7pm
At Remote Gallery - 568B Richmond Street West

A multi-disciplinary artist born and educated in Tehran, Iran. As a member of the Iranian Diaspora, identity and social discourse are important conceptual anchors in her practice. During the past two decades, she has explored themes related to power, the intersection of personal and collective memory, relocation, and fragility through various bodies of work, some of which she would not have been able to realize with the same clarity if remained in Iran.

Afrand has used painting and drawing as a tool to illustrate her memories; juxtaposed repurposed wood, found objects, and precious metals like bronze in my sculptures to destabilize preconceived material associations; and activated installations with performance in an effort to represent the complexities of human experience.

Recent projects have culminated in mixed-media installations that draw heavily from her lived experience as she continues to uncover the entangled concepts of no-place and no-map, both of which she considers to be profound contributors to her sense of self.