Censored
Censored

Drawing

Censored

Censored is a presentation of the suffocated voices of middle eastern women who grew up in a highly patriarchal and religious-oriented society experiencing unfair realities in life. They are forced to stay silent about the ugly truth tailored by... More

COVID Art
COVID Art

Mixed Media

COVID Art

This project suggests an urgency in our dire situation, threatening humanity's health. We seem to forget or not care about the effects of our problem-solving on the environment around us. Prioritizing our well-being over the ecosystem.

Detached
Detached

Performance

Detached

Detached is an installation performance piece. The body of the work is a lace fabric reused material from my older artworks. The fabrics are covered with beeswax to remain transparent and demonstrate skin texture. Densely woven copper wire... More

Flux
Flux

Mixed Media

Flux

Studying the material process by creating a unique environment allows them to affect and reflect on each other. The effect of salt and evaporated vinegar on a copper sheet and copper wire allows for a closely investigate of the material changes.... More

Frantic Expressions
Frantic Expressions

Installation

Frantic Expressions

Immediate gestural mark-making breakthroughs and spoiling of the drywall represent memories of violence and invading homes by war. Multi-layered work signifies layers of history and past moments of life. When the the moment is gone; the moment's... More

Portraits
Portraits

Painting

Portraits

Painting and drawing portraiture by using a variety of mediums and methods to explore facial expressions.

Reminisce
Reminisce

Other

Reminisce

Reminisce is a presentation of my childhood memories in a hand-made book form. The images in the book are the process images of the Unsaying Words collection.

Ten Second High Tension
Ten Second High Tension

Animation

Ten Second High Tension

This animation is a combination of hand-drawn and digital in Photoshop. I was chosen to show in Royal Cinema, 2019 Anijam competition, 13th annual TAIS Animation showcase, Toronto , CA

Unattained Dreams
Unattained Dreams

Installation

Unattained Dreams

Unattained Dream is an immersive installation containing six layers of clear plastic sheets. The narrative of unattained dreams and what-if sentences on each sheet overlap. The position of the sheets creates a lost horizon line, and the height of... More

Unsaying Words
Unsaying Words

Integrated Media

Unsaying Words

The video piece is a performative drawing to show a silent conversation that can translate differently for every audience. Expressive gestural writings using right and left hands represent Farsi scripts are written right to left, and western... More

Work by

Parastoo Mahmoudi

Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies major/ Drawing and Painting minor