I am Elaheh Jafari, born in Isfahan, Iran, on July 21, 1991.
My artistic activities started when I was 20, with calligraphy (Nastaliq, Kufi, and Thuluth scripts). Meanwhile, I have been interested and active in philosophy study, modern arts,graphics, and typography. Having got familiar with the graphical capacities of Persian and Arabic letters (ignoring their reading feasibilities), primarily through a thorough survey of Iranian Siah-Mashq scripts, I was looking for a distinctive and specific method in order of integration between Iranian Calligraphy and modern international art. This is because of my belief not only in the high visual capacity of the Siah-Mashq script but also in the fact that the only possible way to rescue traditional calligraphy from its restrictive hundred years aged framework is to utilize the visual potential of the Siah-Mashq script.

Exhibitions:
2016 Isfahan Artists Exhibition, Calligraphy, Organization of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, Naqshe-Khaneh Gallery, Isfahan
2020 Empowered Women Exhibition, Nastaliq Calligraphy, School of Fine Art, Isfahan
2023 Isfahan Art Masters and Artists Exhibition, Calligraphy, Calligraphic Painting and Painting, The Artistic Sect of Isfahan.

Honor & Reward:
January 2020 Ranked 3rd in National Quran Festival in major of Nataliq and Chalipa Calligraphy

Courses:
2011 Nastaliq Calligraphy, Master Ali Farzaneh, Calligraphers Society, Isfahan
2013 Cursive Nastaliq Calligraphy, Master Gholamreza Vakili, Calligraphers Society, Isfahan
2018, Advanced Nastaliq Calliography, Calligraphy Theory, Survey of form and analysis of
Siah-mashq Script, Master: Mohsen Soleimani, Isfahan
2021 Kufi Banaei Calligraphy, Master: Saeed Naqashian, Isfahan
2022 Thuluth Calligraphy, Master: Moshen Soleimani, Isfahan
2022 Writing, Composition and Analysis of Kufi Hijazi, Mater: Homyoun Moqaddas, (Virtual Learning)
2022 Typography and Application of calligraphy in graphics, Master: Ehsan Jafar Pisheh, (Virtual Learning)
2022 fundamental and principal concepts of art, visual literacy, interpretation and criticism of artworks, Hafta Institution, Masters: Saeed Babavand, Sajjad Baghban, Zervan Rouhbakhshan, Mahdi Keshavarz, Foad Najmeddin, (Virtual Learning)
2023 Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Artistic Criticism, Art Philosophy and Aesthetics, Master: Alireza Arvahi, Ordibehesht Institution, Isfahan
2023 Idea Design, Modern Art and Artists Study, Master: Nastaran Azadi (Virtual Learning)

Practical Experiences:
2015 Desert Project, in Major of Environmental Art and Calligraphy under supervision and curation of Ms. Fereshteh Alamshah
2019 Cooperation with a Calligraphy and Script Research Group to establish the first special calligraphy and script library in Iran and listing the special books in field of calligraphy and related arts under supervision of Dr. Shahab Shahidani
2023 Executive Secretary of the First Women Improvisation Calligraphy Festival for cooperation with Isfahan and Qazvin Calligraphers Societies, the Artistic Sect of Isfahan

Workshops:
2016-2017 Making starched paper, Masters: Mehrdad Sheikhi, Omid Ganjali, Tajaddod Atelier, Isfahan
2019 Framing the artworks (calligraphy and miniature), Master: Mohammad Bani Ahmadi, Tajaddod Atelier, Isfahan

Interested in:
Calligraphy
Painting
Calligraphic Painting
Philosophy
Photography
Graphics

Elaheh Jafari

Elaheh Jafari

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