Maryam Gohar is a contemporary figurative artist born on 1981 in Shiraz, Iran. She has been working as a children’s book illustrator for many years while keeping a more feminine and sensual side of her artistic-self hidden. Since the summer of 2017 she been challenging herself by painting subject matters she has been avoiding for the longest time. In her works, Gohar uses Persian and Japanese old paintings as backgrounds both in favor and against her main subjects in the foreground; the richness of lines and colors in both these old masters’ paintings help tie the figure in the composition while their bold masculinity and in cases brutality in contrast with the female sensuality in front, create an extra sense of delicacy.
“Secondary Meaning: Figural Diptychs” - Zhou B Art Center, Chicago May 17 – July 12 2019
“New Nude” - 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago January 1 – December 31 2020
“The Art of Art” - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco August 14 – September 1 2021
“Spectrum 2” - Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia September 20 – October 16 2021
“Arch Enemy Arts’ 10 Year Anniversary” – Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia April 1 2022 – May 2 2022
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“Secondary Meaning: Figural Diptychs” - Zhou B Art Center, Chicago May 17 – July 12 2019
“New Nude” - 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago January 1 – December 31 2020
“The Art of Art” - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco August 14 – September 1 2021
“Spectrum 2” - Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia September 20 – October 16 2021
“Arch Enemy Arts’ 10 Year Anniversary” – Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia April 1 2022 – May 2 2022
Online Presence:
Everyday Original
Artsy
Ello