British National
Lives and works in Connecticut
Raised in Tehran, I am a self-taught artist who was encouraged to draw by my aunt, prominent gallery owner and abstract artist, Massoumeh Seyhoun. I bore witness to the chaos of the Iranian Revolution and the start of the Iran-Iraq war as a young child - two defining events which resonate in my art.
While I don't depict my personal experience of upheaval and war, I do explore the people and politics that shape and meld our common human story, regardless of geography, race or creed. In general, I represent my subjects in the sparest possible light – usually nude, so the narrative unfolds metaphorically.
Since late 2007, I’ve worked in pen and ink on leaves from 18th and early 19th century books and pamphlets, a byproduct of my antiquarian book business. On occasion, I’ll amalgamate tintype photographs, parts of bindings or found objects such as flora or, a lock of hair. Any marginal notes, inscriptions or other markings by previous owners are left untouched.
Jason Noushin
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Education
Hammersmith College, London 1988 - 1990
Contact
E-mail: jnoushin@gmail.com
Telephone: (203) 675-8355
Freud 1998
Recent News
September 22 - November 20, 2010 - Solo exhibit at Hammond Museum. North Salem, NY.
November 9 - December 5, 2009. Biennial 2009. New Hampshire Institute of Art. Manchester, NH.
July 2009 - "Down the Burn Davie" acquired by the Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX.
May 24 - August 13, 2009. Solo exhibit at Earl Hall, Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, Conn.
March 15, 2009. Awarded the New Haven Paint & Clay Club Prize at the New Haven Paint & Clay Club's 108th Annual Juried Art Exhibition of work by artists from New England and New York. John Slade Ely House.
December 10, 2008. Recipient of a 2009 Billboard Art Project in Atlanta, Georgia sponsored by the Center for Civil and Human Rights.
November 8, 2008. Selected to participate in Learn Promote Defend, an art exhibition and silent auction held at the Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery in Atlanta as part of the Center for Civil & Human Rights 60th anniversary celebration of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.