Saba Farhoudnia
Saba Farhoudnia, The Morning After, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 62 inches ©Saba Farhoudnia, courtesy of Fou Gallery
Saba Farhoudnia in her studio. Photo by Mercedes Jelinek
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Saba Farhoudnia was born in Tehran, Iran in 1987, in the midst of war. She currently lives and works in New York. Saba’s paintings are monumental in scale and explore the challenges facing the human condition.
Saba merges the art of drawing, painting, language, and verse, through brushstrokes, geometric forms, calligraphy, and gestural marks to evoke drama, pain, humor, and beauty. The forms are intended to plumb the depths of the grotesque and elevate the humor in beauty. Her work explores humanity poised on a precipice: facing an insecure present and an uncertain future.
Saba Farhoudnia honed her skills by earning B.F.A. and M.A. from the University of Science and Culture in Tehran, Iran. Saba also received a second M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. She is an alumna of the Artist In the Marketplace fellowship program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York, 2020), an awardee of the Queens Arts Fund Grant (New York, 2022) and an Artist in Residence at the Fashion Institute Technology of Art (New York, 2023). Saba’s work has been seen worldwide, including Bronx Museum (New York, 2024), Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (New York, 2022), Dominico-American Cultural Institute (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2015), Reza Abbasi Museum (Tehran, Iran, 2002). Her work can also be found in such periodicals as Studio International, Art Spiel, Thalia Magazine, Studio Visit Magazine, and Words Without Borders among others.
Exhibitions
Take A Break: Fou Galley’s 10 year anniversary
December 9, 2023–February 24, 2024
Fou Gallery, New York
Selected News
Saba Farhoudnia as an AIM fellow at Brooklyn Musuem
Saba Farhoudnia: Reflection at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
Art Spiel
December 20, 2022
