B. 1977 Yazd, Iran

Negar Farajiani (B. 1977) is trained as a painter, photographer, and graphic designer. Farajiani works at the convergence of diverse media as an artist and curator. Through her art, she plays with the concept of space, both private and public. Increasingly, Farajiani’s work has focused on cooperation with other artists and participatory actions. She has presented her practices domestically and internationally through exhibitions and lectures.

Recent appearances and exhibitions have been hosted by the Jordan Center for Persian Studies at the UC Irvine-Yale Macmillan Center at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran; The Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castlein Warsaw, Poland; the Artissima Art Fair Presented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery; the Pasfarda Arts and Cultural Exchange in Chicago; and the Cheryli and Richard Ruszat Scholarship at the University of California.

Her traditional quilt installation is a reflection of the quilt as the grounds for, and an interrogation of a game. The work supposes that a familiarity with a 'game', read as any environment, can only be achieved when one actually steps in to play it. The work is also a rumination on the dynamics of the masculine and feminine identity and triumph or defeat. The artist’s proposition for an understanding of one’s harmonic rhythm and movements is in sync with the exhibition’s reference to the still point of the turning.