ZAHRA ZAVAREH Swedish-Iranian

Zahra Zavareh is a visual artist who investigates various forms of storytelling through objects, sculptures, video art, and installations. Her aim is to create narratives that encourage interaction with her work on multiple levels, inviting visitors to engage and evoke emotions through the artistic experience. Her expressive approach remains in a state of flux while consistently challenging the passive role of traditional observers. Her objective is to dissolve the boundaries between the viewer, the artwork, and its context. Recently, she has been drawn to Expanded Cinema as a departure from conventional linear narratives, utilizing video installation to craft immersive experiences within cinematic spaces, focusing on psychological narrative elements over symbolic representation. Personal experiences form a cornerstone of Zahra’s practice, infusing psychological, social, and sometimes political commentary into her work, often interwoven with elements of irony. Zahra draws inspiration from a diverse range of sources, including the French avant-garde movement of the 1930s, particularly Hans Bellmer’s exploration of fragmented bodies, the Situationist International’s use of situations for everyday life liberation, and Foucault’s examination of power dynamics and resistance. Additionally, she is influenced by the concept of Absurdity, notably Albert Camus’s essay on the creation of the Absurd.

 Zahra  Zavareh is a visual artist from Tehran (IRAN), currently based in Stockholm. She has participated in many exhibitions. Since 2001 her work has been seen in venues such as The 5th Tehran Sculpture of Tehran (2007), Three Generations of Iranian Sculptors (2010), Art habens art review (2015). Video installments have been shown in Limited Access Four and five (festival for video) (2013-2014) and Stockholm Fringe Festival (2017), Manifesto: A moderate Proposal (2018), Supermarket Art Fair (2019), Persian Heritage for the World show in Cambridge (2019), SKF/Konstnärshuset Eldhunden (2020). Joined Detroit Stockholm in 2018, member of Konstnärshuset, studied Narrative Design in Stockholm University of the Arts, member of G-studion and the Swedish Artists Association.