Zeinab Nosrati

My body of work is based on emotions. To be more specific, human feelings, expressions, culture emotion and emotional situations. I worked hard on capturing the real feelings in my artwork so the intentions of my artworks could be obvious to my audience. Most of my artworks are about individuals and their emotions. I mixed these emotions with some cultures' backgrounds and country situations as old traditions, sexism and war. My artworks go a little deeper than just being an emotion, they have a story. It’s not just an artwork of a happy person that is smiling or a sad person who is crying but more into it, it tells a story.

        When I think of the word emotion, I think way deeper than just basic emotions. I think of poverty in our world, I think of children around the world, I think of women who are shut down because of their gender, I think of people who are barely surviving, and I think of warriors who die protecting others. It’s complicated, there are a variety of reasons for human emotions. Since I came from a different background and immigrated to two different countries, I’m engaged in all of different things going on around the world. While deciding on each artwork, I was using my own memories and my own cultural background. I tried many different mediums but worked with a couple of them which I thought would go with my theme. I studied some artists along the way which I thought my artworks and theme somehow related to. For example Frida Kahlo; how she represents her culture besides expressing her own feelings and what she is going through. Making relations with other artists helps young artists like one to get inspired and show what we have in mind. Most of my artworks are made from oil/acrylic paint because it allows me to shape my artwork however I wanted. I also worked with a couple mixed media, pencil, pen and pastel. I had some challenges along the way because trying new things for the first time isn’t always a success. 

        I exhibited my artworks with still life problems going on today, I put them in a way so it could be seen pleasing in audiences eyes. For example I didn’t want to put all of my oil painting together, I put pencil artworks in between. My artworks are a collection of things our world needs to be more aware of, it’s about the injustices that we often don't see. I want my audience to feel the emotional atmosphere and have an emotional connection to each created piece. I have come across many people who are uneducated about what's going on in the world and yet they are very judgemental. Even though the audience might not feel connected to every single artwork, I know that some of the emotions I expressed in my artworks are usual feelings we come across everyday. For example depression, it's a big part of our lives which have and still end up violence or mental illness. The way my artworks are presented will take my audience on an emotional ride from one to another trying to understand what my artworks are trying to tell and which theme they are focusing on specifically. I also gave my audience an opportunity to get engaged with different cultures and traditions both feeling wise and clothing wise. I hope my gallery is pleasing and you somehow felt connected to one or another.