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Biography Narjes Mohammadi was born in 1985 in Mashhad. She fell in love with drawing at her grandparents› house while growing up in Mashhad. Narjes works predominately in the medium of painting and illustrating. Narjes completed a BFA in Graphic Design with distinction at the Shariati Technical College in Tehran in 2009, and then she delved herself into illustration by taking a two years course in Iranian Illustrators Society. She has been working professionally as an independent illustrator and editor on chief of Brightness magazine. Narjes learned how to paint and illustrate by studying works by her favorite artists and by making lots of paintings; she learned what to paint by studying books on Asian history, world mythology, and family photo albums. Narjes is a digital painter and traditionalist painter. She creates New Traditional Asian Art by fusing modern narrative with eastern sensibility. She mixed elements of Persian art and motifs with modern painting on canvas and wood panels. She introduced her inspiration sources in this way: “As an Eastern artist, I’ve always inspired by nature as the first and most important point for artistic work as well as Iranian miniature heritages. An intense interest to Chinese philosophy which encourages the public to study trees and listen to the sound of them lead to making a collection of paintings base named (Bird Woman). “Personally speaking, I think it was the prominent point of my life as an independent artist. Beside that, I can’t ignore the important role of Frida in my artistic life. Since I was a teenager, I’m impressed by her courageous and skillfulness in presenting her beliefs and ideas.” In this serials, it became clear that the artist would commit to a certain idea of freedom and bravery of artist’s soul. She talked
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about beliefs and ideas which limited her soul, but she tries to set herself free. There isn’t any challenge between elements, but in most cases you face with a peaceful looking woman in blue. Which backs to East Philosophy (The style of this series is smart and natural.Images in these pictures are not beautiful but real. If you listen to them, it seems like there are various sounds such as wind whistling, rain dripping, bird chirping, and laughters lingering around. Behind melancholy eyes of the girl, we can feel the painter’s gratitude to life and expectation to a better future.” New Graphic Magazine Since 2009 she has had solo shows and group exhibitions in Iran, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Ukraine, South Korea, China and Japan. She was also selected in several art biennales and competitions since 2011. She was also established an online magazine ( Brightness) in the field of illustration in 2016. Narjes never lost sight of her roots in the new world. Her cultural heritage and family ties remain the biggest influence in her work. As an Asian female artist, Narjes hopes to continue her contemplation through art about our existence now and beyond.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4NezQ2MkcA&t=145s
Website:
www.narjesmohammadi.com
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What a Brilliant Idea “What a Brilliant Idea” is about a little boy named ( Cooki) who doesn’t like his ears. He thinks that they are so big. So he decides to cover them with a mask. At first, he is happy with the result, but it causes some problems at school, home and… This book was written and illustrated by me and published by Tuti publishing house in 2019. It was translated and published in Greek and Spanish in the same year. This book was selected in some illustration festivals and nominated as one of the top 10 best projects in COW illustration festival in 2018 and Little Hakka picture book competition. This book was introduced as one of the best 200 books in the White Ravens list in 2020 by the international children’s books in Germany. Technique: Digital painting
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Persian Edition
Greek Edition
English Edition
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Essay Writing Author: Payam Ebrahimi Illustrator: Narjes Mohammadi The story of this picture book is about a little girl who looks for a super specific title to write an essay. Her teacher at school tells her to write an essay, but she can’t find a good title to write about. Actually she sees strange and magical subjects every day, but she thinks that they are so normal. For instance, one day she sees a dinosaur in front of their home, but she sees it’s normal! Another day she sees a circus as soon as she opens the door, another day she sees a huge spaceship but none of them attract her attention. This book is an interactive book. It’s written by Payam Ebrahimi and illustrated by Narjes Mohammadi. Technique: Digital painting
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Barli Author: Navid Ali Akbar Illustrator: Narjes Mohammadi This book is about a little girl named ( Barli), who is the hero in this story. She sold different kinds of balloons in different shapes and colours. She lived in a tiny house under a bridge. The bridge connected two cities together. Each city had a king and both of them were foolish. One day they fought against each other just because of a blue balloon. Then‌ This book was written by Navid Aliakbar in 2018 and published by Elmi-Farhangi publishing house. The art director was MS. Maryam Kmal. In this book, I mixed both traditional and digital techniques. Technique: Digital painting
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Editorial In 2019, I was invited by Françoise Mouly, art director of New Yorker, to do an illustration for the international mother’s day. I did it based on a photo of Iranian female by digital technique. www.newyorker.com 16
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Por qué la igualdad debería ser una prioridad de negocio An illustration for a Spanish magazine named Fleet People. I was asked by the art director Idoia Campo to do an illustration about the quality of men and women at work. Iria Marañón was the author of this article. www.fleetpeople.es
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I was asked by the editor of chief of Naive magazine, Cara Cano to do an illustration to be matched with the DNA of the magazine ( as a symbol of the magazine). So I did it based on the identity of the magazine. Technique: Digital painting www.naivemagazine.eu/about-naive/ 18
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www.womankindmag.com
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Bird Woman This collection is about men and women who try to discover their own world and their invisible effects on others’ life. Undoubtedly, such a journey of discovery is not easy. It requires great courage and honest to face yourself at high and low points in your life. It needs a long time loneliness and thinking deeply to find his/ her voice to rebirth again. In starting this project, my aim was to show people the invisible ropes that have a deep influence on our lives and make us follow movements, thoughts, and vagabond ideologies without knowing where they all lead to. I don’t want to people for that matter, how to act. I want to show how much more beautiful life can be if we untie the ropes that bind us and let our spirits spread their wings in flight. At first, I was inspired to start this project by looking at the women of Iran and their all-too-visible barriers, but the more I delved into this matter, the more questions arose in my mind. I began to see a greater number of invisible ropes that have not only been tied around the women of Iran, but also all women and men around the world. These invisible ropes have taken away the freedom of both people and countries by restricting free movement. Free movement of people, that is the freedom of thought and action, is the deeper definition of freedom, not just the superficial meaning. The invisible, freedom-restricting ropes are called by different names in different countries. In some places they are called “religion”, while in other places they take the name of “tradition”, or “politics”. These ropes even take on different colors, shapes, and smells, but they can be identified by the fact that their appearance makes us forget about the real meaning of freedom.
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