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Guity Novin (''
Her illustrations were published in ''Le Carnaval de la licorne'' (2001), and her work ''Pears in Blue'' was published in ''Abnormal Psychology''.
guitynovin.com click "articles" then "resume". Accessed 6 January 2007 She also participated in a number of group shows, including two shows at the Ferry Building Gallery in 2006 and 2008, and in the CityScape gallery in 2009.
File:Guity Novin Hunger.jpg, Poster protesting
The Whig-Standard
Vol. 2, No. 51, Kingston, Ontario, 3 October 1981. * "Artistic Underground Surfaces" on Brock Street, by Frank Berry,
Shahrvand
Toronto, Vol. 10, No. 532, November 2000, p. 30.
The Transpressionism Website
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'' Navran; born 1944) is an Iranian-born Canadian artist, known as a figurative painter and graphic designer. She classifies her work as "transpressionism" (trans- and impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating ...
), a term coined by Novin in the 1990s. Her works are in private and public collections worldwide. Novin has served on a UNESCO
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national committee of artists.
Early life and education
Novin was born Guity Navran in 1944 inKermanshah
Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...
, Iran. In early 1953, the Navran family moved to Tehran
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.
Career
After graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts with a BA in graphic design, Novin was employed as a graphic designer in the Department of Graphic Arts at the Ministry of Culture and Arts (MCA) in Tehran, in 1970. She also began to design the cover of magazines like Zaman, and various literally periodicals such as Chaapar, and Daricheh. In addition she participated in numerous group exhibitions such as the Women artists exhibition during Asian Games of 1974. As well, She exhibited in the ''Salon d' autumn'', Paris.
Her illustrations were published in ''Le Carnaval de la licorne'' (2001), and her work ''Pears in Blue'' was published in ''Abnormal Psychology''.
Vancouver period, 1996 to present
Novin moved to Vancouver in 1996. From 1996 onwards in a series of shows, she called her style as Transpressionism, and viewed it as a new initiative in art. Solo shows in this period include ''The Bliss of Solitude'' (2004), ''And Yet the Menace of the Years Find, and Shall Find, Me Unafraid'' (2006), ''Whispered of peace, and truth, and friendliness unquelled'' (2007), 'She opened her door and her window, And the heart and the soul came through" (2008), and "but love is the sky and I am for you, just so long and long enough" (2009) (All at North Vancouver Community Arts Council, "Art in Garden")."Articles"guitynovin.com click "articles" then "resume". Accessed 6 January 2007 She also participated in a number of group shows, including two shows at the Ferry Building Gallery in 2006 and 2008, and in the CityScape gallery in 2009.
Graphic design work
Novin has illustrated the covers of magazines like Negin and Zaman; and the publications of the Free Cinema of Iran. She was also the graphic designer of the First Tehran International Film Festival. In Ottawa her illustrations were published in the Breaking The Silence Magazine during the 1980s.See for example: Breaking the Scilence, a feminist quarterly, June 1988, , pages 4, 6, 11, 12.hunger
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, 2010
File:Homeless by Guity Novin.jpg, Poster protesting homelessness
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* living on the streets, also kn ...
, 2010
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by France
Notes and references
Further reading
* ''L'actuelle exposition des peintures de Guity Novin à la Galerie Negar'', Nicole Van de Ven, Journal de Téhéran, 2 Dec * ''Whispering of A Woman Painter'', By Florence,Ayandegan
''Ayandegan'' ( fa, آیندگان lit. "The Future People") was one of the most influential and popular daily newspapers in Iran during Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's rule. It was the first morning daily paper of Iran. It had an independent and critica ...
, 23rd, Azar 1350, November 1971, p. 4
* ''A Critique of Guity Novin Exhibition'', in Negar Gallery, by Mansooreh Hosseini, Kayhan
''Kayhan'' ( fa, کيهان, '' en, The Cosmos'') is a newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It is considered "the most conservative Iranian newspaper." Hossein Shariatmadari is the editor-in-chief of ''Kayhan''. According to the report of the '' ...
, November 1971
* ''Expression of Silence'', Negin Negin ( fa, نگین: ə'giːn is a Persian word. It means a rare diamond or stone, and also refers to the gemstone on a piece of jewelry, such as a ring or necklace. The direct translation of the word Negin is gem or other jewels with a luxuriou ...
, 30th, Mehr 1350, September 1971. No. 77, 7th Year. p. 19.
* ''Expression of Silence'', by F. Hajir, Ettelaat
''Ettela'at'' ( fa, اطلاعات, Ettelâ'ât, ) is a Persian language daily newspaper of record published in Iran. It is among the oldest publications in the country, and the oldest running Persian daily newspaper in the world. The paper has ...
, No. 13666, 16th, Azar 1350, 1971, p 11.
* ''The rapture of Young Painters'', Zan-e Rooz, No. 352, Azar 1350, October 1971.
* ''Exhibition of Paintings by Guity Novin—A journey into the Poetic Spaces of Shamloo'', in Seyhoon Gallery, Ayandegan
''Ayandegan'' ( fa, آیندگان lit. "The Future People") was one of the most influential and popular daily newspapers in Iran during Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's rule. It was the first morning daily paper of Iran. It had an independent and critica ...
, Khordad, 1352, May 1973, p. 4.
* ''"I'm the Painter of Poetical Spaces" A Conversation with Guity Novin'', Ettelaat
''Ettela'at'' ( fa, اطلاعات, Ettelâ'ât, ) is a Persian language daily newspaper of record published in Iran. It is among the oldest publications in the country, and the oldest running Persian daily newspaper in the world. The paper has ...
, 17th, Khordad 1352, May 1973, No. 14119. p. 7.
* ''A great quest in an exhibition'', Ettelaat-e Banuvan, 6th, Tir 1352 July 1973.
* ''" A poetic cry in painting" on Exhibition of Guity Navran (Novin)'' in Seyhoon Gallery, Zan-e Rooz, 30th, Tir 1352, June 1973. No. 431.
* ''A review of Guity Navran exhibition a Journey into the poetical spaces of Shamloo"', by Firoozeh Mizani, Tamasha
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, 26th, Khordad 1352, May 1971, No. 114.
* "A Heritage from Ancient Persia," a critique of Guity Novin's exhibition ''Lost Serenade'' at the Brock street Gallery by Don McCallum
Don McCallum was an artist, historian, and art critic for the ''Kingston Whig-Standard'' in Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it ...
The Whig-Standard
Vol. 2, No. 51, Kingston, Ontario, 3 October 1981. * "Artistic Underground Surfaces" on Brock Street, by Frank Berry,
The Queen's Journal
''The Queen's Journal'' is the main student-run newspaper at Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario. The paper was founded in 1873 and has been continually publishing ever since. It is as old as ''The Harvard Crimson'', the oldest ...
, 9 October 1981.
* "Circles of Time, A Conversation with Guity Novin", by S. MotazediShahrvand
Toronto, Vol. 10, No. 532, November 2000, p. 30.
External links
*The Transpressionism Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Novin, Guity 1944 births Living people 20th-century Canadian women artists 21st-century Canadian women artists 20th-century Iranian women artists 21st-century Iranian women artists Canadian graphic designers Canadian illustrators Canadian contemporary painters Canadian poster artists Canadian women painters Iranian graphic designers Iranian painters Iranian emigrants to Canada Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in Canada People from Kermanshah Women graphic designers