B. 1981 Tehran, Iran

Parvin Shokri (B.1981) is an Iranian painter based in Tehran. For the artist, painting as a medium allows for the expression of loss and trauma, remarking commonalities such as suppressed feelings, losses, and failures in her lived experiences. Her paintings in the exhibition allows for audiences to discover the work beyond it being a series of selfportraitures, but rather, inviting a multiplicity of interpretations and subjectivities. In the spirit of the exhibition, her works revert and reshuffles the gaze.