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Afsoon

Artist Biography

Afsoon is an Iranian artist. She spent her childhood in Iran and her youth in California before settling in London in 1988. Her nomadic life is reflected in her work where East merges with West, and the result is simultaneously familiar and foreign.

Afsoon is unafraid to combine text and images as well as various techniques such as linocut, photography, collage and etching in a single piece. Though her art is frequently deeply personal, it contains multiple meanings and speaks to different people in a myriad of ways. Despite the layered interpretations and methods, her work is not convoluted and the viewer is easily engaged as her art can be humorous, playful and sophisticated all at once.

Her works have been extensively exhibited and can be found worldwide in prominent collections and museums, including the British Museum, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum), and the Berger/YSL Collection amongst others.

Artist CV
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Select Artworks

The Arrival of Her Ladyship (2019)
Edition of 10
Archival print of a mixed media collage on somerset artist paper
23 x 16.50 in

Her Ladyship Meets a Young Prince (2019)
Edition of 10
Archival print of a mixed media collage on somerset artist paper
23 x 16.50 in

Her Ladyship in the Golden Cage (2019)
Edition of 10
Archival print of a mixed media collage on somerset artist paper
23 x 16.50 in

The King Asks for Her Ladyship’s Hand (2019)
Edition of 10
Archival print of a mixed media collage on somerset artist paper
23 x 16.50 in

Featured Exhibitions

Afsoon: Searching for Myself in the Forest of Bewitchment

October 19th - November 18th, 2023

Summer Art Bash – 2019

Group Exhibition

Art Brief IV

Iranian Contemporary San Francisco - 2018

Art + Design Collaboration

Group Exhibition - 2018

The World is My Home

Afsoon, Roya Farassat, Shahram Karimi and Dana Nehdaran - 2018

ART BRIEF III

The (Un)Draped Woman - 2017

Select Press

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