SASAN NASERNIA
EMERGEAST GALLERY
Sasan Nasernia. Multiplicity , Acrylic Paint, Painted Tape, Wood, Installed In 7m X 3m X 5m Sized Gallery, 2018. © Art Market Magazine
GOLD LIST Award Artist Sasan Nasernia. © Art Market Magazine.
Born in Tehran, 1974, Sasan Nasernia began his career primarily as a calligrapher and typography artist.
Exploring different avenues in Persian and Arabic classical and modern calligraphy, he has since expanded his practice to include painting, print, digital work and installation. Nasernia, who has a BFA from Azad Art University of Tehran; explores a myriad of themes in his practice. He is broadly interested in playing with the tension between two opposing primordial elements of order and chaos. Sometimes borrowing from traditional Persian paintings and iconography, he immerses these elements in abstraction and ambiguity, infused with his letter forms.
Nasernia also employs the icons of our world – past, and present – to create a visual lexicon of his own.
Nasernia’s approach to calligraphy has always been a personal journey to find novel ways to create letter forms out of the most contemporary concepts. By deconstructing the rules of Arabic and Persian calligraphy and by borrowing from the earliest types of this form of art, he has developed his signature format of writing which he playfully calls “Crazy Kufic”.
Sasan Nasernia. Elastographeme V, Acrylic On Canvas On Exposed Wooden Stretchers, 150 X 150 Cm , 2019. © Art Market Magazine
According to Nasernia, “Crazy Kufic” and its unique characteristics allow the artist to explore the concept of fluidity and uncertainty in our natural as well as extramundane worlds. In his recent attempts, he tries a new approach towards the structure of his calligraphic art, where most times a text is completely devoid of meaning; while in contrast, an empty space or a simple symmetrical juxtaposition, may suggest a metaphysical conjecture or even an existential raison d’être. He has exhibited his work in multiple group as well as solo shows throughout the Middle East, United States and UK. Nasernia currently lives and works in Vancouver.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2018 : Sharjah Calligraphy Biennale (Solo Installations)
2018 : Mark Borghi Fine Arts, New York (Group Exhibition)
2018 : Iran Heritage Foundation, London (Group Show)
2016 : Ward Gallery, Dubai (Group Exhibition)
2016 : Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran (Solo Show)
2014 : Pro Art Gallery, Dubai (Solo Show)
2014 : J+A Gallery, Dubai (Solo Show)
2013 : Selected Artist for DKNY Global Art Campaign (Dubai and Kuwait)
2013 : Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran (Group Exhibition)
2013 : Pro Art Gallery, Dubai (Solo Show)
2012 : Pro Art Gallery, Dubai (Group Exhibition)
2011 : Shirin Gallery (Tehran, Solo Show)
2010 : Tashkeel , Dubai (Group Exhibition)
2010 : Total Arts Gallery, Dubai(Group Exhibition)
2010 : Tehran Art Expo
2009 : Shirin Gallery, Tehran (Solo Show)
2009 : Basement, Dubai (Solo Show)
2008 : Total Arts Dubai (Group Exhibition)
2008 : Focus art Gallery, Dubai (Group Exhibition)
2008 : Art Bastakya , Dubai (Group Exhibition)
Sasan Nasernia. Elastographeme V, Acrylic On Canvas On Exposed Wooden Stretchers, 150 X 150 Cm , 2019. © Art Market Magazine
Sasan Nasernia. Elastographeme Vii , Acrylic On Canvas, Exposed Wooden Stretchers, 150 X 60 Cm , 2019 © Art Market Magazine
Sasan Nasernia. Flex. 60 X 150 cm. Acrylic On Canvas On Exposed Wooden Stretcher. 2019 © Art Market Magazine
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