Sahar Khalkhalian
Sahar is Modern Artist currently residing in Dubai whose work explores powerful and traumatic themes including separation, isolation, as well as loss of humanity and identity.
About Sahar
As a child, Khalkhalian experienced the 8 year Iran-Iraq War where she saw firsthand just how easily an individual’s humanity and identity could be shattered or ripped away to become only a fleeting memory for those who manage to survive. Following this, she and her sister emigrated to Germany at the age of 13, where she again had to experience the loss of identity and feelings of isolation that are common to immigrants in an alien culture. As a result Khalkhalian’s paintings center directly on expressing these feelings to the viewer which are so hard to express with words alone.
I do not treat my work as a job. Rather, I endeavors to work only when I feel truly inspired; be it jubilantly happy or utterly devastated. By only working at these times, I am able to keep my work raw and genuine, capturing the emotions I am trying to convey as I am feeling them instead of searching for them when I want them.
Sahar Khalkhalian
Education
1994-Art Diploma-Germany
1995-98-Specialized Courses-Atashkadeh Studio- Aydin Aghdashlou
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2021 The Dance of Life; Solo Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York
2020 Art Fair Scope Art Show, Agora Gallery, New York
2019 Fall Equinox: A Collective Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York
2016 Art Fair – Abu Dhabi
2016 Art Fair – Context Art Miami
2015 “Turbulent”, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran
2014 Aun Gallery, Tehran-Iran
2010 Aun Gallery, Tehran-Iran
2001 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran
2001 Hoffmann Gallery, Lubeck-Germany
1998 Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran
Sahar Khalkhalian is a Contemporary Artist
whose innovative works transcend conventional boundaries, blending vivid imagery with profound thematic explorations. Her artistic vision is characterized by a unique fusion of cultural influences and personal narratives,
Body, Rifle, Death, Blood and Insanity Heat
We are familiar with these words since the beginning of the history.
War and border.
Lines are on paper maps but people really die on earth.
This time, borders were doors that we closed on ourselves, while death was still dancing.
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As an Artists, We must take Responsibility
We can’t ignore the human tragedies experienced in many parts of the world, especially in the African continent, on international platforms. I would be very honored if my painting exhibition, on which I have been working intensively, contributes even a little to the elimination of the negative conditions in the world.”
City of Happiness
( Acrylic & Mixed on Canvas – 72″x96″)
Alone, isolated, secluded in fences. Scared of everything; afraid of another body that would carry our death.
I was sitting behind these doors, daydreaming, and my dreams changing into colors and colors and lines turning into people, happily Clung together, shoulder to shoulder, hand-in-hand, as if they are all one.
The glasses rise, the music begins and this is the dance of life.
City of Happiness
( Acrylic & Mixed on Canvas – 72″x96″)
Alone, isolated, secluded in fences. Scared of everything; afraid of another body that would carry our death.
I was sitting behind these doors, daydreaming, and my dreams changing into colors and colors and lines turning into people, happily Clung together, shoulder to shoulder, hand-in-hand, as if they are all one.
The glasses rise, the music begins and this is the dance of life.
