Mojé Assefjah

Born:
1970
Residence:
Munich, Germany
Nationality:
German, Iranian
Trust:
APT Dubai
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BIOGRAPHY

Mojé Assefjah was born in Teheran in 1970. Her family moved to Germany in 1986; she  lived and worked in Munich through 2013. She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1992-1998, and was a master student under Prof. Jerry Zeniuk from 1997 on.

In 2013, she continued her work in New York, within the framework of the residency program at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP).

In 1999, she was awarded the Advancement Award for Fine Arts of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, as well as the annual scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a residency in Rome.

In her paintings, the Iranian artist develops her own distinctive visual language. The broad, arching bands of color exploit the picture space in all directions and the brush strokes entwine themselves delicately yet dynamically across the picture carrier with characteristic chromaticity, becoming denser and overlapping as they lead the viewer’s gaze to deeper levels.

By applying multiple thin layers using the almost-forgotten egg tempera technique and India ink, the artist produces color effects which evoke the Italian frescoes of the early Renaissance. The lush hues of the darker loops in the foreground of the picture contrast with the chalky tonality of the background. Although the artist is committed to non-representative painting, her pictures nonetheless convey a feeling of spatiality and conjure up associations with landscapes.

Assefjah’s pictorial worlds are characterized by lightness and structural density, with the alternation of transparency and opacity, daytime and darkness creating a mysterious and atmospheric quality.

Since 1999 Assefjah’s works have been shown regularly in solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the Near East, including: "I Cover The Waterfront", Galeriea +R, Barcelona, Spain (solo) (2014);  "Down To The River", Galerie Graf & Schelble, Basel, Switzerland (solo) (2013); ISCP, NY (solo) (2013); Swab, Galerie Tanit, Barcelona, Spain (2013); Art Elysees, Galerie Tanit, Paris (2013); Art Dubai, Galerie Tanit, United Arab Emirates (2012); "Il giardino e la duna", Ecke-Galerie, Augsburg, Germany (solo) (2012); "Der Abend, ein Nichts, eine Schwalbe sehr weit...," Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany (solo) (2012); "A vista d'occhio", Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany (solo) (2011); "The Nightingale and the Rose", Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany (2011); "Water for my flower, wind for my tree" Espace Kettaneh Kunigk, Beirut, Lebanon (solo) (2010); "L' Iran sans frontières", Galerie Almin Rech, Paris, France (2009);  "Shabtab", Galerie Tanit, Munich (solo) (2008); Go between, nove artisti tra visibile e invisibile", Cavallerizza Reale, Torino, Italy (2007); "Jam-avary ", OSRAM ART PROJECTS, Munich (solo) (2006); Galerie S65, Cologne,Germany (solo) (2005); "Universal Painting", Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Shanghai, China (2005); Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgium (2004); "The seven garden", ArtBasel, Basel, Switzerland (solo) (2004); Galerie Benninger, Cologne, Germany (solo) (2003) and Piccolo Palazzo d'Arte, Merano, Italy (solo) (2002).

Her works are included in numerous public and private collections in Germany, Switzerland and China (including the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus/Munich; Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung/Munich; Graphische Sammlung/Munich; and the Guangdong Art Museum/Guangzhou, China).

Mojé assefjah lives and works in Munich, Germany

Mojé Assefjah is currently represented by:

Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany

Galerie Tanit, Beyrouth, Lebanon

Galerie Graf & Schelble, Basel, Switzerland

Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany

Galeria +R, Barcelona, Spain

 


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