Sorour Fattahi
About me
I am a multidisciplinary Iranian-British artist.
My works reflect my experience as a migrant female artist living between different countries, cultures and languages.
I am interested in concepts such as identity, self and the sense of belonging. The inspirations for my works are tales and stories as well as everyday life experiences. I work with various media and techniques in my creative journey.
Born in Tehran, I migrated to Australia in 2003. My second migration was to the UK in 2011.
I have three master’s degrees in art and had group and solo exhibitions internationally. My works are kept in private collections in Canada, Australia and UK.
Contact: sorour_fattahi@yahoo.com
Instagram: @sorourfattahi
Education
2017 Masters by Research in Art, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
2007 Master of Visual Arts (by research), Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
2002 Master of Arts in Graphic Design, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
1995 Bachelor of Arts in Painting, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Selected Recent Exhibition
2019 Artist books Exhibition in Vilnius Mini Maker Fair (Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius)
2018 Gender Things, group exhibition (Tent Gallery, Edinburgh)
2018 Displaced, solo installation (Užupis Art Incubator, Vilnius)
2017 Solo Exhibition (Tent Gallery, Edinburgh)
2017 The Baltic Artists’ Book Market (Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead)
2017 The Grey People (Sculpture Court, ECA, Edinburgh)
2017 Bookmarks 3 (Sculpture Court, ECA, Edinburgh)
2017 Edinburgh Student Art Festival (Custom Lane Gallery, Edinburgh)
2016 Bookmarks 2 (Sculpture Court, ECA, Edinburgh)
2016 Edinburgh Student Art Festival (The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh)
2013 Craft and Design Showcase (Babylon Gallery, Ely)
2012 Persbook (Artists’ Hall, Tehran)
2008 Blue-Noir (Redland Art Gallery, Queensland)
2007 Thiess Art Prize 2007 (Dell Gallery, Brisbane)
2007 5th Artists’ Book Fair (Dell Gallery, Brisbane)
2007 QCA Printmaker’s Club Print Auction (Queensland College of Art, Brisbane)
2007 Compact Drawing (White Box, Brisbane)
2006 InterImage III (Tokyo National Museum of Fine Art and Music, Tokyo)
2006 Repeating Minutes, solo installation (College Gallery, Brisbane)
2006 InterImage Art Exchange (College Gallery, Brisbane)
Dissertation
2017 Portrait of the in-between Self, in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the Degree of MScR in Art
2006 Displacement and Identity, in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the Degree of Master of Visual Art
2002 Reception Aesthetics, in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the Degree of Master of Art (Graphics)
2001 Colours as Symbol in Nezami’s Seven Figures, Seminar of Master Degree Course
2000 Painting and Humanism in the Renaissance, Seminar of Master Degree Course
1995 Creative Motivation and Abstract Painting, in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the Degree of Bachelor of Art (Painting)