Farimah Eshragi – Australia

 

 

Arcade of Memories         oil on canvas                 40 CM X 50 CM

 

Born 1956, Tehran, Iran

Occupation:

 

 Artist/Art Teacher

 

Education:

1993  Graduate Diploma of Education:  Melbourne University

1994  Certificate of Computer Art: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

1974  The Faculty of Discipline in Art, Music, Drama (DAMS): The University of 

           Bologna, Italy

1972   Diploma: Fine Arts Academy of Bologna, Italy

 

 

Media:

Oil, watercolour, pastel, acrylic, ink, charcoal, pencil, mixed media, experimental materials

 

 

Experiences related to art:

Teaching art since 1992. Commissions, special Portraits. Artist in residence in public schools.

 

 

Honours and awards:

2000      Judge for art exhibition: Lilydale Horticultural Agricultural Art Show

1999      Participant: Sulman Prize

1998      ‘People, Places & Perspectives’-Postcards from Whitehorse: First Prize; Judges  

               Selection, First Prize; Viewers Choice

1993       Participant: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize

1991-3   Participant:  Archibald Prize

1974       First Prize: International Art gallery, Genova, Italy

1969       First Scholarship Entrant: Faculty of Fine arts, University of Tehran, Iran

 

Solo exhibitions:

Australia:

1994   Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill

1989   Dandenong Arts Centre

1989   Doncaster Art Gallery

 

Overseas:

1984    Casa de la Cultura Ecuadoriana, Quito, Ecuador

1984    Eloy Alfaro College, Quito, Ecuador

1982    L’Ariete Gallery, Bologna, Italy

1982    Galleria d’ Arte Moderna, Campobasso, Italy

1979    Palazzo del Podesta, Borgo S. Loreuzo

Group exhibitions:

Australia:

1999/2002   Camberwell Rotary art Show

1999/96       ACAF Melbourne: Exhibition Building, Melbourne

1996            Group exhibition: Gallery 101, Melbourne

1992            McCann’s First Contemporary Art Show

1991            Melbourne Town Hall

 

Overseas:

1987        San Vitale Gallery, Bologna, Italy

1974        International Art Gallery, Genova, Italy

1975-79   Bellariva Art Gallery, Bellariva, Italy

1973         Bologna’s Town Hall, Bologna, Italy

 

 

Important collections:

Portrait of Beato Angelico, Cathedral of Vicchio, Florence, Italy

Represented in private collections in Italy, America, Australia

 

 

 

Artists’ statement:

 

The human soul is to me a fascinating and mysterious Essence. It can influence our way of thinking and seeing. When I paint a portrait, I often see the soul of whom I am painting and have a better understanding of their feelings. Likewise, my vision of objects and forms around me can take a different meaning and reality, and a metamorphosis takes place. When I saw this old bridge, it brought back to my mind a nostalgic feeling, and many memories came back in my mind. I could see a face becoming more and more clear, the stones and bricks transforming into parts of a human figure which represented the humanity as a whole.

 

“The Wayfarer …looketh on all things with the eye of oneness” (Seven Valleys, Baha`’u’llah).