Afruz Amighi

Afruz Amighi’s (b. 1974, Iran) delicate abstract sculptures refer to a complex array of architectural sources: the meandering arabesques of Islamic mosques, the angular shapes of Gothic churches, the ornaments of Manhattan Art Deco buildings and the gritty urban landscape of Brooklyn. Architecture in its various expressions is a medium for Amighi to investigate the way in which humans across cultures and ages build places which reflects common ideals and aesthetic values in spite of the complexity and precariousness of society. The two sculptures presented in the exhibition represent an evolution in the artist’s practice by harkening back to the early American landscape and focusing on the native origins of the American continent before European settlements.

Afruz Amighi is the inaugural recipient of the Jameel Prize for Middle Eastern Contemporary art awarded by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2009. In 2013 Amighi’s work was commissioned for the 55th Venice Biennale. Her work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Houston Museum of Fine Art, Texas; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and The Devi Foundation, Gurugram, among others. Amighi currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Submitted by Sophia Contemporary