Biography
Elham Bolourchian is a painter and the member of Iranian Sculpture Society.
From 1979 to1982, she attended Tehran Art University, where she took fine art classes and was mentored under two of the most well-known professors in Modern Art: Mr. E. Jaffary and B. Moslemian. In 2005, she began making sculptures under her mentor B.Daresh, a member of Iranian Painters Society and the manager of the Iranian Sculptors Society.
Education
1979 - 1982 Tehran Art University
Artist Statement
My work is deeply influenced by miniature visual elements and eastern poetry culture. The subjects are mystery narrative to link the past with the future. They emphasize the inner narrative and sometimes is close to mystic. The creative process being with drawing sketch to invoke the force’s creation, but it’s done accidentally and spontaneously. Painting are a whole interweaving play of surface, volume and rich colors with mix media on canvas. In sculptures with different material the work, takes together the elements, negative spaces or missing pieces on the object, linked to the surrounding. This is my challenge for dialogue between the spectator and my work.
Artist CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Solo Painting Exhibition, Banafsheh Art Gallery
2005 Solo Painting Exhibition, Banafsheh Art Gallery
1993 Solo painting Exhibition, Panah Center Culture
1990 Solo painting Exhibition, Shaghaghi Art Gallery
1989 Solo painting Exhibition, Shaghghi Art Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 5th Urban Spaces Biannual, House of Artists,Tehran, (1 piece in Bronze installation)
Nafas Festival, House of the Artists, (1 mix media installation)
2015 Small Sculptures Group Exhibition, Aran Art Gallery, (1 aluminum installation)
Exposition of Commemoration of A.Sherveh, (1 mix media installation)
2014 Group Sculpture Exhibition, Aria Art Gallery, (1 aluminum installation)
4th Urban Spaces Biannual, Ghasr Garden Museum, Tehran, (1 mix media installation)
2010 2nd Urban Spaces Biannual, Barg Gallery, Tehran, (1 aluminum installation)
Razavi Element Sculpture Mashhad Exhibition, (2 aluminum)
2008 The first Iranian EXPO House of the Artists Tehran, (2 aluminum)
1st Urban Spaces Biannual, Barg Gallery, Tehran, (1 aluminum)
1999 "100 Artworks, 100 Artistes", Golestan Art Gallery
1998 "100 Artworks, 100 Artistes", Golestan Art Gallery
1997 "100 Artworks, 100 Artistes", Golestan Art Gallery
Awards and Honors
2009 5th Rank, Olympic Sculpture Competition, Esteghlal Sport Club, Tehran, (1 piece aluminum)