Hoonaz Afaghi — Painter, Jewelry Artist, Graphic Designer

Biography

A brief biography about Hoonaz

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Hoonaz Afaghi, born in April 1973 in Iran, is a visual artist engaged in various fields including painting, jewelry art, and graphic design. With a Master's degree in Graphic Design from Alzahra University, she possesses knowledge in art and design that reflects her creative mind and unique perspective.

…and ultimately, her worldview is an expression from warp and weft of love and imagination to journeys of reality in the earthly world. The artworks are reflections of life, presented in forms and colors and lines, through fine arts with the mediums painting and jewelry art. This is the motivation for artistic creation and expansion of her artworks.

Experience

Educational & work journey

From Alzahra University to international exhibitions — a timeline of her artistic career.

1997 – 2001

B.A. in Graphic Design

Alzahra University

2001 →

Iranian Graphic Designers Society

Continuous member

2002 – 2004

M.A. in Graphic Design

Alzahra University

2002 →

Freelancing in Graphic Design

Independent practice

2002 →

Artistic Career

Selling paintings and jewelries

2006 – 2008

Teaching

Alzahra University

2008

Islamic Solidarity Games

Designing the event armband

2017

Japan Artclay Silver

Basic to advanced courses

2019

LICC, Florence Biennale

International juried exhibitions

2022 →

Teaching drawing techniques

Workshops and mentorship

Art Mediums

Three disciplines, one vision

Painting, jewelry, and graphic design — each medium a different language for the same inquiry.

Painting

“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.”

90% mastery

Jewelry

“Silver clay, a wearable memory shaped by hand.”

80% mastery

Graphic Design

“Form follows feeling — type, color, and grid in conversation.”

70% mastery

News

Latest news about Hoonaz & artworks

Hoonaz & a list of exhibitions

2022 — Group exhibition, Afrand gallery. 2022 — Solo exhibition "Mahi (Fish)". 2021 — Winter exhibition, Sakoo art gallery. 2020 — Three-person show…

Fresh New Beginning

Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new…

Partners & affiliations

Awards

She wins!

Exhibition	Position	Year
Designing Arm, 2nd Islamic Solidarity Games	Artist	2008
10^th London International Creative Competition — London, England	Artist	2016
Florence Biennale — Florence, Italy	Artist	2017
Calligraphies in Conversation — California, USA	Artist	2017
The Gateway — Arizona, USA	Artist	2017
5th Annual International Exhibition of Calligraphies in Conversation	Artist	2018
Juliet Art Magazine — "The Universal Soul of Nature"	Artist / Feature	2019
51st Open International Juried Exhibition — Society of Canadian Artists	Artist	2019

Journals

They say…

What critics and art magazines have written about Hoonaz's work.

The Universal Soul of Nature. These spiritual instances have radically altered the pictorial depictions of the natural elements in the direction of an increasingly less realism. The artists have begun to communicate their vision of the world through geometric lines, abstract shapes and colors so that a barely sketched shape or a hint of chromatic gradation were enough to bring out the naturalistic reference.

JULIET Art Magazine by Andrea Guerrer

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The empathic philosophy of nature. The pictorial process by which the artist synthesizes the natural forms, the human body and its invisible emotions in a single image can be compared to a philosophical reflection aimed at investigating that moral principle of life and intermediate between body and soul that connects the various manifestations of the existing and that makes them communicative and in part interchangeable.

JULIET Art Magazine by Camilla Pappagallo

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Artworks