Statement:

Two decades of illustration have taught me that contrast has always been my starting point in creating images.///

The first stains on paper and canvas, the dominance of points and lines over the whiteness of the surface, shaped the contrast. However, when creating images in service of a narrative, the efforts to organize points and lines became less significant.The audience, in search of the story, would lose the joy of understanding the principles of imagery.

In a conscious decision, I distanced myself from storytelling to organize contrast within the image, independent of a narrative. Geometry became a safe haven for my explorations—a geometry that, in its initial sketches, revealed an incomplete image laden with excessive ornamentation.

Architecture, particularly Iranian architecture, served as a rich reference of geometric forms designed for functional purposes.
The works presented in this exhibition represent a chosen path for organizing contrast within visual arts.

These pieces are a designerly exploration of geometric forms.

Shahrzad Royaei