Amineh Kazemzadeh (born in 1963) is an Iranian painter.
Biography
Amineh Kazemzadeh was born in 1963, in Tehran, Iran. She studied and trained as
a painter in
Tehran University
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's
art classes in the 1990s but soon shifted towards
sculptures, working with a variety of materials such as
stone,
wood,
bronze
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,
fiber and
textile, and techniques commonly regarded as feminine practices, like
weaving,
sewing and
knitting
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. Her works mainly represent her concerns with cultural issues and challenges in
her homeland,
Iran, with regards to its
heritage
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History and society
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Biology
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and
traditions
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,
modernization
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, and gender policies. Her works were included and displayed in more than
30 group exhibitions and
two solo exhibitions in
Iran and
Greece in
art galleries such as Saba Art Gallery, Iran Artists Organizations, Imam Ali Museum, Textile Arts Factory as well as Shirin. She has received several national and international awards and is currently a member of the Iranian Sculptors' Association.
See also
*
List of Iranian women artists
References
External links
Official website
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Iranian women painters
21st-century Iranian painters
1963 births
Living people
21st-century women artists
Tehran University of Art alumni