Maryam Tohidi
Nostalgia Brush , 2025
Mixed media on wood panel
12" x 12"
A white canvas featuring a paintbrush with a handle made of fabric patterned like a pink and red rug with rug fringes as the brush bristles. Below the bristles is a larger form of the same printed rug fabric resembling a swatch of paint.
https://www.instagram.com/photohidi Biography Maryam (Maya) Tohidi is an Iranian-born multimedia artist, who has lived and worked in Iran, Canada, UK and the US. Like her personal journey across continents and...
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Biography
Maryam (Maya) Tohidi is an Iranian-born multimedia artist, who has lived and worked in Iran, Canada, UK and the US. Like her personal journey across continents and cultures, her artistic process pulls from different disciplines, often blurring boundaries of different mediums. Her work is exploratory, personal and reflective. The use of culturally significant artifacts - such as rugs - and objects with a previous life, infuse Tohidi’s work with a melancholic beauty, while layering memories, poetry, letters and journals make them deeply personal. Maryam's artwork often reflects on the challenges as well as the growth opportunities of immigration and living between different cultures.