Art on a Postcard x War Child UK 2024 Part II

About
Sona Asemani (b.1994) is an Iranian Artist. A self-taught artist, she received her BA in economics from the ATU University of Tehran in 2017. Ever since then, she has dedicated her time to making art. She started with acrylic paint and had her first group show in 2018 in Tehran. From 2019 to 2020, Sona focused on textile designing and embroidery art and sold over 150 pieces of her embroidery artworks worldwide during this one year. But, she retained her passion for being a professional painter. A new chapter of painting with oil started when Asemani moved to the Netherlands in late 2020. She has been working and living in Rotterdam since then. Asemani’s practice explores unconditional freedom and gender inequality through personal experience and history. Her subject matter praises femininity, combating body shaming and women’s insecurities made by modern society’s harmful and unrealistic beauty standards. Sona’s oil paintings celebrate natural beauty and self-confidence while portraying an imaginary world of liberated women through a series of portraits referencing stories and images in which Persian Miniature faces, figures, and symbols inspire her a lot.

Education
self-taught

Select Exhibitions/Awards
2024 Solo exhibition “I Am Reborn” , Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, NL.
2024 Solo exhibition “I Survived”, De Aanschouw, Wissel 1163, Rotterdam , NL.
2024 IWD auction, Art on a Postcard (AOAP), Curated by Vittoria Beltrame, London, UK.
2023 Group exhibition “Perspective”, Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2023 Group exhibition “The current obsession”, Monat Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2023 Group exhibition “The Women Triumph”, Haze Gallery, Berlin, Germany.2022 Paris art fair, Monat Gallery, Paris, France.
2022 Innsbruck art fair, Van Gogh Art Gallery, Olympiaworld Innsbruck, Austria.
2020 Fashion Revolution week, Fashion open studio, virtual open studio and workshop on the ASSTTIINN website.
2019 Presentation of Embroidery Designs at AASSTTIINN platform, Teer art fair, Tehran, Iran.
2018 Group exhibition ”Season of colours”, Golestan Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran. (Curated by PeganaArt)Artist Residency: Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, NL. (1st Oct-31st Dec 2023)

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
When reviewing my paintings, most of the portraits I create look confident, calm, and youthful. However, these two pieces I made for the War Child UK Auction express themselves in a completely different way. I tried to portray some intense emotions, such as anger, sadness, and being abused or neglected, illuminating the feelings that children in conflict-affected areas around the world are experiencing.


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