About my Work
"Seeing the heaviest metals melting under my feminine hands and how I can form them into what I visualise always feels distinct."
Shahnaz Eskandari the Sculptor, the Painter, the Artist
Painting has always been one of my childhood favourites. I studied watercolour painting with a Russian master.
After moving to Romania, besides business, I attended the University of Fine Arts Bucharest. In my last year of university, I had a bad accident, which required leaving arts for years until I could move my hand and start painting again!
As years passed, living in Romania and Iran, I decided to continue arts. This time, besides painting, I attended sculpture courses, interior design, resin, textures, molding, and patina. They all guided me to a different path where I began falling in love with a distinct kind of art.
A somewhat masculine art; working with metal. And that is when I began working with scrap metal.
Seeing the heaviest metals melting under my soft feminine hands and how I can form them into what I visualize always feels distinct.
The warm and pleasant relationship I created with cold scrap metal led me to add bronze sculptures to my portfolio of passions. And it was all going back to my roots, realizing how much my father and I had in common.
Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions / IRAN
2018 / Baharestan Gallery
2018 / Historic Nowab Bath
2018 / Milad's Tower
Tehran Festival / 2nd place Winner
2019 / Saba Gallery
2020 / Niavaran Cultural Center
2020 / DD Museum Gallery
2021 / DD Museum Gallery
2021 / The Garden of the Iranian Art Museum
2021 / Pardis Gallery
2022 / Azadi Tower
2023 / Didi Museum Gallery
2023 / Koshk Bagh Honar
2023 / Art Laguna prize online
2024 / 26th International Women Leaders / Dubai
2024 / Ebteda Gallery
Group Exhibitions / EUROPE
2018 / Linda Farrel / Paris
2018 / Idil Gallery / Istanbul
2021 / Art Fair / Istanbul
2022 / Galateca Gallery / Bucharest
2023 / MoBU Art Bucharest by Galleria Romană
2024 / MoBU International Art Fair Bucharest
2024 / Art Laguna prize website / Venice