Shabnam Jannesari in front of one of her paintings in the exhibit. Photos courtesy: Shabnam Jannesari/CVPA
Jannesari working on an oil painting titled ‘62 Sidney street.’
‘Blue,’ by Shabnam Jannesari.
‘Hierarchy,’ by Shabnam Jannesari.
‘Green House,’ by Shabnam Jannesari.
For artist Shabnam Jannesari, painting is a way to explore nostalgia and Iranian female identity from her own personal experience.
The UMass Dartmouth art student is fresh from the opening of her first solo exhibition, ‘The Carpet Grew Like a Garden,’ at Gallery 263 in Cambridge last month.
Her large, brightly colored figure paintings depict women Jannesari herself, as well as friends and family in warm, cozy spaces dominated by patterns from carpets and fabric.