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A trained calligrapher, Fathi has turned the literary art-form on its head by skillfully transforming known language into form and composition.
She first discovered calligraphy while studying graphic design at Tehran’s Azad University, which she later left to train for six years at the Calligraphy Association of Iran. Practicing the script for over seven hours a day eventually paid off – she was the first woman to win an award for Ketabat (a genre of calligraphy) – but she soon tired of the discipline’s rules and regulations. Hence, she created a new form of expression in her paintings; an imaginary language deeply rooted in Persian tradition while simultaneously hinting at a social renaissance.
Her paintings carry traces of meaning that have no known coded alphabet. The strength of her work stems from the drive to express emotions that cannot be pinned down into words. Fathi's works succeeds where language fails. She currently lives and works in Iran.
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Untitled 1, 2009, Silk thread, 244 x 145 cm |
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