The Sky Appears In You
Rabia Javed, Majid Majidi, Aala Oni, and Zohreh Mohammadhosseinpour
“Faraway large ocean
or small puddle of water
it makes no difference
when you're translucent
the sky appears in you”
—Garrous Abdolmalekian
The Sky Appears In You
In such hectic and unpredictable times, we are prone to outrage and cynicism. We settle into default modes of reacting to and critiquing existing systems. But it takes an entirely different energy and attitude to build the world we want. To imagine better and more sustainable futures, we must take a more hopeful and receptive attitude. We need optimism, openness, curiosity. This exhibition aims to showcase the reflective translucence required to reimagine our world.
You are encouraged to explore: which sky appears in you?
—An exhibition curated by Kimia Domire
Rabia Javed is a Pakistani printmaker who carves intricate linoleum, wood, zinc, and silk plates to create intricate monochromatic prints exploring migrant experiences, economic systems, and ancestral wisdom. Her meticulous process questions existing structural systems while honoring the dignity of migrant labour.
Majid Majidi is a Sharjah-raised Afghani wearable art designer whose clothing transforms the human form into a canvas for meaning-making. His unconventional shapes and muted tones blend streetwear sensibility with sculptural expression, creating pieces that explore vulnerability as liberation and transparency as defiance.
Aala Oni is a Sacramento-raised mixed-media artist whose large, saturated canvases explore ancestral messages and unconscious emotion through raw, unfiltered expression. Her distinctive style features dismembered limbs, floating heads, and dissolving faces that confront viewers with chaotic, dream-like truths.
Zohreh Mohammadhosseinpour is a London-based Iranian photographer whose archival triple exposures and urban photography explore diasporic identity and renewal. Her work finds glimmers of hope in urban decay, layering salvaged printer ink over monochrome abandoned bicycles to reveal possibility through ruin.