Ghazal Ghazi on Persian Poetry, Collective Memory, and the Language of Power

The series also includes embroidered tapestry paintings, beak-spouted vessels, and zoomorphic pottery in the tradition of Gilan, the Iranian province where Ghazal’s maternal ancestors lived. “I learned the same lessons and faced the same design challenges potters did thousands of years ago in making these pots,” she says, explaining her deep connection to the craft. “In this way, there is a memory that lives in the form and the materials.”

Read the interview with Not Real Art here.

The metamorphosis (Exhibit)

May 2024

My painting, The History of Power, was featured in Not Real Art’s virtual exhibition, The Metamorphosis. Read the curator’s statement.

CANVASREBEL INTERVIEW

April 2024

CanvasRebel recently published an interview with me about my work. Read it here.

academic article - Revista Punto Género

June 2023

In 2023, I co-authored an academic article with Chilean sociologist Violeta Casoni Arvin about Iran's Women, Life, Freedom movement that was published in the University of Chile’s peer-reviewed journal, Revista Punto Género.

kaimera fellow

April 2023

Honored to announced that I will be in Kaimera Production's’ Immortals Program for a two year tenure (2023-2025) 

Fish With A Sea - solo Exhibit

December 2022

Ahead of my solo exhibit “Fish Without A Sea” at Mainsite Contemporary, the Norman Arts Council published an article, “Iran-born artist brings exploration of Persian, Islamic visual traditions to MAINSITE.” The exhibit included 8 large-scale embroidered oil paintings, 29 ceramic pots and sculptures, an installation of 31 ceramic plates, and a single-channel video. The exhibit was made possible by grants from the Puffin Foundation, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, and the Norman Arts Council. It was also a Finalist in Visual Art for the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund.

Library of Congress Interview

October 2022

The Library of Congress published an interview with me about my work as a Library of Congress 2022 Junior Fellow.

library of congress storymap

August 2022

As a Library of Congress Junior Fellow, I used ArcGIS software to create a storymap on transregional artistic cultural production from the Persianate world. My project highlights the intersections of poetry, calligraphy, and miniature painting as vessels for the centuries-long multifaceted exploration of passionate love (‘ishq), in both its earthly and sacred manifestations, highlighting archives from the Library’s Persian Language Rare Materials collection housed at the African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED). Read Unraveling ‘Ishq: Love in the Poetry, Calligraphy, and Miniature Painting of the Persianate World

Curator’s Review

May 2022

Jefferson Godard, curator at the Salina Art Center, wrote a review about my solo show, Forms of Relation, at the conclusion of my artist residency at the center.

diversity in comics

March 2022

In my final semester as a masters student at the University of Oklahoma, I was interviewed for a live recorded session of the University of Oklahoma’s DEI week on the topic Diversity in Comics, which afforded me the opportunity to present on my two passions, visual art and librarianship. 

Ghazal Ghazi: Quiet Monumentalism

March 2022

Cassidy Petrazzi, art historian, curator and the director of the Gardiner Gallery of Art at Oklahoma State University, wrote “Ghazal Ghazi: Quiet Monumentalism” as a profile about my work for the Spring 2022 edition of Art Focus Oklahoma, a quarterly publication of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.