elham bayati
STATEMENT OF ART
My work explores the layered intersections of personal history, cultural identity, and the emotional landscapes I navigate as a woman. Using a multidisciplinary approach that integrates drawing, printmaking, and collage, I create intricate compositions that balance nostalgia with contemporaneity.
Floral motifs and textiles—drawn from the patterns of my grandmother’s scarves and my mother’s dressmaking fabrics—are central to my process, weaving memories of my Iranian upbringing into visual forms that feel both timeless and forward-looking. These elements, combined with fragmented imagery and layered textures, invite viewers into dream-like spaces where tradition and modernity, intimacy and displacement, coexist.
Female figures often anchor my work, embodying the complexities of strength and vulnerability. Hovering within vibrant patterns and layered compositions, they navigate themes of resilience, identity, and belonging. My art becomes a space for narrating stories of women—past and present—while reflecting on the shared tensions between joy and melancholy, light and shadow, uncertainty and hope.
Through my practice, I aim to create a dialogue that bridges the personal and universal. By inviting viewers to engage with these layered narratives, my work seeks to foster introspection, connection, and a deeper understanding of the beauty and complexity inherent in human experience.
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