Artist Biography
Born in Iran in 1928, Mokarrameh Ghanbari was a self-taught artist who began painting at the age of 61. She quickly produced a prolific body of work with a distinct visual language, even painting on the walls of her home when she ran out of paper. Mokarrameh became a defining artist of the Folk Art movement in Iran, and had her first exhibition at Seyhon Gallery, Tehran in 1995. Before her passing in 2005, the artist participated in ten other exhibitions and was awarded the jury prize at the Roshd Film Festival. In 2001, she was awarded “Woman of the Year” at the 12th International Conference of Iranian Women’s Studies Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition, she was named the “Female Painter of 2001” by the Swedish National Museum.
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Mokarrameh Ghanbari
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