Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), born in Qazvin, was an Iranian artist who brought mirror mosaic and the geometry of Iranian art and architecture into contemporary abstraction.
Visual Language and Media
Mirror fragments, geometric repetition and shifting light and reflections structure her work. Drawing, collage and sculpture accompanied her mirror mosaics.
Education and Training
Studied art and design in Tehran and New York, including at Parsons School of Design.
Selected Exhibitions
- Sunset, Sunrise, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2018.
- Infinite Possibility, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2015.
- Infinite Possibility, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, 2014.
Works at HICHAA
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