Golnaz Khadivi Zand – Golnaz Khadivi Zand Art

BIO

Golnaz Khadivi Zand is an artist originally from Iran (Born in 1974). She has a master’s degree in Architecture from the Azad University of Tehran in 2001 and taught at the Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Iran from 2001-2007. After moving to Canada in 2011, she focused her creative energy on painting, her work explores the experience of migration from a female perspective through the creation of figurative paintings employing symbolism, her work has been exhibited in Canada, Zurich, Luxembourg, and Iran. She became the first artist of the month in the IBEX Collection, Khadivi’s murals can be found in Henderson. P.S, Thornhill. She is currently self-employed as an artist and runs/ instructs at Violet Art Studio.

Artist Statement

Immigration is one of the most important issues in our world today. As a painter and an immigrant to Canada, I want to portray the struggles and concerns that immigrant women face. I do this in my work by combining the personal with the societal through imagery that recalls surrealism and is painted in a naturalistic manner.

I was educated in the Middle East with the beliefs, values, traditions, and culture unique to Iran. Yet, no matter what country one emigrates from, these are like the contents of a suitcase that one carries throughout their life in a new country. In entering a new land, far from home, I recognize that I have not been able to leave these behind, despite the opportunities that immigration gave me.

This introspection has led me toward the symbolism of Surrealist and Expressionist artists like Salvador Dali, and Chiharu Shiota, as well as Persian philosophical poets like Rumi and Hafez. In this new series of paintings, I use the image of the frame to portray the idea of limitations, both individual and contextual. Each painting shows a woman holding a frame symbolizing the restrictions we all face because of our gender, the last planned piece in this cycle will depict the breaking of the frame as a way to show human freedom and flight. In these paintings, I try to reflect myself in both a personal way and in relation to society.

Golnaz Khadivi zand

Exhibition :

2022 Windows Open Markham Group of Artists Markham (Best show prize)
2022 20th Annual International Exhibition & competition “ON THE EDGE ” Federation Of Canadian Artist
2022 The colour and form society member’s Exhibition “Reflection our roots and times”(First Prize)
2022 The SCA’s open international Juried Exhibition
2021 69th Annual Exhibition Colour and Form Society
2021 Windows Open Markham Group of Artists Markham
2021 53rd International Society of Canadian artist
2021 John B.Aird Gallery Drawing Exhibition Toronto
2021 Richmondhill group of artists Richmond Hill ( Art Walk )
2021 The first artist of the month in Ibex art insiders ( Facebook) Ibex_ collection ( Instagram)
2020 68th Annual Exhibition Colour and Form Society
2020 Windows Open Markham Group of Artists Markham (Member awards)
2020 Artbox Project Swiss Art Expo Zurich
2020 Luxemburg Art Prize Luxembourg (certificate)
2020 Richmondhill group of Artists Richmond Hill
2004 Sara & Navab Pilgrimage architectural competition Project Iran Third place
2003 Khorasan Razavi Engineering System Organization Architectural Exhibition Third place
1987 World children’s Art Exhibition Yokohama Japan (Honorable mention)
1984 Children’s Art Exhibition culture of Khorasan Iran (Honorable mention)

Education:

2001 Master’s degree in Architectural Engineering at Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch Faculty of ART & ARCHITECTURE
2013 General Art-English for Academic Purposes Seneca College Toronto

Experience & Achivement

2021 Best show Pritz Windows Open Markham Group of Artists Markham
2022 The First place award The colour and form society member’s Exhibition “Reflection our roots and times”
2022 Member elected colour and form society CFS
2020 Member award Markham Artist Group Markham
2020 Member IBEX ART Insiders Facebook
2019 Mural Henderson Public School Toronto (Volunteer)
2017 Mural Henderson Public School Toronto (Volunteer)
2018 Art Instructor Violet Art Studio Toronto (Self_Employee)
2001 – 8 Years Instructor of the university of art and architecture of Islamic Azad university of Mashhad
2000 – 11 Vice President Iranshahr Architectural Consulting Mashhad Iran
2000 – 11 Vice President Iranshahr Architectural Consulting Mashhad, Irn

Certificate:

2022 Member elected colour and form society CFS
2021 Academy of Realist Art Certificate Bouguereau portrait painting Toronto (Senior Instructor Fernando Freitas)
2020 Member elected Markham Group of Artists
2020 Academy of Realist Art Certificate Portrait Painting Toronto (Senior Fernando Freitas)
2020 Academy of Realist Art Certificate Still Life Painting Toronto (Senior Fernando Freitas)
2019 Academy of Realist Art Certificate portrait drawing Toronto (Senior Fernando Freitas)
2020 Lucas Keratockwil Landscape Painting Vancouver
2020 Luxemburg Art Prize Luxembourg
2020 Artbox Project Swiss Art Expo Zurich

Skills:

oil painting
Acrylic painting
Colour pencil
Mural painting
Drawing
Mix media
Ceramic