Traces of you (me)
I  explore human behavior using familiar objects and concepts, often inspired by poetry and literature.

"I am hopeful." trace mono type 1/1 inspired by the book "High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

"Mom's Mandolin" relief print 1/2 inspired by the book "High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

"Captured Memories" monoprint cut out collage on wood board

"The shape of my heart" monoprint cut out collage on wood board

"Keepsake" inspired by the book "High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

"Brain Uninterrupted" monoprint cut out collage on wood board

"How to be a human being" wool, inspired by dictionary (Merriam-Webster)

" A wisher, a dreamer" monoprint cut out inspired by Shel Silverstein's Poetry

“For the Voices of Women in the Dissonant Symphony We Called Life” An artistic response to women’s suffering around the world for a collective healing and practice of consciousness” This is unique and diverse show featuring over 25 local artists December 1-17 2022 at Studio 103. "We are witnessing violence and injustice against women all around the world, this has been happening for centuries. We can’t dismiss these agonies as long past but instead feel their urgency -the fact that parallel moments are playing out now throughout the world. Show dedicated to the heroic Iranian women who made the very difficult decision of being out on the streets to voice their anger despite the threat of being imprisoned and killed." Paticipating Artists: Beverly Aarons LaDan Abosein Zeynep Banu Alev Abbie Birmingham James Carlson Christie Cave Esra Ebru Lorri Falterman Sayari Ghosh Joy Hagen Ellen Hochberg Anne Hritzay Lorraine Howel June Lindsey Jennifer Mattson Kelly Lyles Joanna Porter Gamze Seckin Shima Star Shirene Soleiman Lynda Harwood-Swenson Carol Whitaker Claudia Zimmerman

“For the voices of women in the dissonant symphony we called life” An artistic response to women’s suffering around the world for a collective healing and practice of consciousness” Join us for this unique and diverse show featuring over 25 local artists December 1-17 2022 at Studio 103 curated by Zeynep Banu Alev

Same Dreams I, monoprint, ink, photo transfer with alcohol in birch cradle

Same Dreams II, monoprint, ink, photo transfer with alcohol in birch cradle, 2022

"Grandmother, Mother and Granddaughter" one of the pieces I worked on for Voices of Women Show at Studio 103 in December 2022. It is a photomontage of three generations of women in our family. Here I am, next to my grandmother and my mother, realizing that my grandmother’s expectations for future were more optimistic than mine. What changed? Or What cannot be changed? Those are the questions that boggle my mind.

"Dissonant Symphony -remembering Mahsa Amani." monoprint, alcohol transfer, 2022 Show dedicated to the heroic Iranian women who made the very difficult decision of being out on the streets to voice their anger despite the threat of being imprisoned and killed.