Mona Bayati (B. 1977, Place of birth: Tehran/Iran) lives and works in Toronto, Canada. Mona has a Bachelor of fine art, major in painting from Azad Art University from Tehran/ Iran. She has also attended part time classes in Academy of art in Toronto/Canada. Mona is a Toronto based artist and art educator. She has been teaching art for some years through out Greater Toronto Area. Mona Bayati had several group shows with non-for profit galleries in Toronto. One of her painting had been recognized at Toronto Star Newspaper and a full page had been dedicated to her piece. Mona is an immigrant to Canada. Her paintings are a way to rediscover her culture from her native land. Mona’s work is a celebration of motherhood and feminine handcraft ship.
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Artist Statement:
Mona Bayati’s work is a celebration of life and beauty that exists in the culture of her homeland. In her paintings and mix media pieces Mona brings about symbols and ceremonial icons and beauty elements that are deeply integrated in her ancestral heritage as a form of textile design, miniatures or architectural design in Iran.
When your culture, your believe system becomes hazy and unclear to you, when doubt eats up every solid foundation of trust and takes and shakes all the grounds, you grasp to what is real and familiar.
Pomegranates are fruits of my homeland; I have memories of picking them up, squeezing them in my hand for their juice, sharing it in my grandma’s house. This tangible, solid reality is a reminder of love and community in my culture, which can never change nor be dismissed.
That’s how I celebrate and renew my understanding of my culture in my paintings of pomegranate Trees.
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