Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO Personal Information • Name: Narjes • Last Name: Mohammadi • Nick Name: Hasmik • Date of Birth: 30th April 1985 • Address: Unit 6, Number 82 ,12 Square, Samangan street, Golbarg, Tehran, Iran. •P.O. Box: 1645884643, Tehran – Iran • Phone number: 0982177845410 • Email: [email protected] • Personal website: www.narjesmohammadi.com I always try to collect different kinds of Leaves, Old Toys, Old Photos, Flowers, Textures, and Figures. I think they have many interesting stories behind them. And there is an amazingconnection between them. I am crazy about finding stories and connectionsbehind them and make a frame for that.Also, I like to try different techniques and styles but most of them are movesbetween Digital art, Pencil, and Acrylic. 2

PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi HasmikEDUCATION• 2017Participated in advanced courses of Scuola Internazionale d’Illustrazione di Sàrmedewith Joanna Concejo entitled ( Lost way)Illustration workshops ( http://fondazionezavrel.it)• 2014Participated in advanced courses with Gabriel PachecoIllustration workshops• 2009 – 2011Illustration, Illustration course at , (www.casi.ir)• 2007 – 2009B.A., Graphic Design, Shariaty technical college, Tehran, Iran (http://www.shariaty.ac.ir)GPA= 18 out of 20• 2005 – 2007Associate Degree, Graphics, Alzahra Technical & Professional Higher Education Center,Mashhad, Iran (http://www.alzahra.ac.ir/)GPA= 18.15 out of 20 3

Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO HONORS AND AWARDS • Winner of COW illustration festival/ 2018 • Winner of the Creative Quarterly 2018 /54 • Win the Jury Award prize at Hiiibrand illustration festival / 2017-2016 • Win the Merit Award in IJungle illustration festival / 2017 • Selected by Collective arts brewing./2016 • Selected in Cheap art festival in Bologna / 2016 • Selected by Artist Portfolio Magazine / 2016 • Chosen as 200 of best illustrator by Archive publisher/2015 • Choosen for the festival Cow illustration exhibition Ukraine/2015/2014 • Choosen for the festival of the international festival illustrated books (Como Pedro Por mi casa) / 2014 / Italy • Chosen as one of the 100 best illustrator by Taschen publishing house/ 2014 • Choosen for the Bologna illustration festival (spotlight on reading ) /2013 • Choosen for the Belgrade illustration festival /2013. • Choosen for the best in illustration exhibition in Brazil /2013. • Chosen For The Fajr Festival Illustration Exhibition ,And Gain The Letter Of Commendable /2012 • Chosen For The Festival Illustration Exhibition ,Javane Melie Irani ,And Gain The Letter Of Commendable /2010 • Chosen as The Second In Elmi-Farhangi Illustration Festival Exibition/2011 • Chosen For the Damonfar Illustration Festival Exhibition ,Mellat Gallery/2010 4

PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik Group Exhibitions: • Solo Exhibition in errant espacio cowork/ Granada, Spain/ 2018 • Attended in group art show at the DESIGN KOREA Korean Power/ Seoul (South Korea) 2018 • Attended in annual Iranian illustration society exhibition/ Artist Forum /Tehran,Iran / 2017 • Participated at Illustration Exhibition /Artist Forum /Tehran,Iran/ 2016 • Attended illustration exhibition in Berlin/ 2013. • Attended the Group Illustration exhibition in Rome/2013. • Attended Tehran International Biennale of Illustration / Saba Cultural and Art Institute (SCAI) /2013. • Attended the group illustration exhibition for Shahname /Momayez Gallery/Tehran, Iran/2015 • Attended the Religious Art Festival/Imam Ali museum/ Iran2014 ,2012 • Attended the annual Institute of Illustration Exhibition/Momayez Gallery/Tehran, Iran / 2011Curated Projects:• Curated and Participated at ( Sometimes with myself) Illustration Exhibition/ Farzad Gallery/Mashgad, Iran/2016• Manager of illustration workshop and exhibition with Gabriel Pacheco in Tehran ,Iran / 2014• Manager and attended of illustration exhibition in Baku / 2014• Manager and attending at 104 windows.( an illustration exhibition)/Momayez Gallery/ Tehran,Iran/2013• Enforcement Director of Illustration Calendar / Sore Publisher / 2012Enforcement Director and Attending The Illustration Exhibition /Shafagh Gallery/ Tehran, Iran / 2012 5

Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO Published Works The Way it Was / Noon publishing house, Canada / 2017 Brightness Magazine | Digital Journal of Illustration THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS: • Such a good idea/ Tuti publishing house/ 2018 • The Way it Was / Noon publishing house, Canada / 2017 • Now I can call you a friend/ Elmi- Farhangi publishing house, Iran / 2017 • A collection of poems for teenagers include three books / Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, Iran / 2016 THE MOST IMPORTANT MAGAZINES: • Womankind magazine ( Australia) • Pan de molde fanzine (Italy) • SCBWI (USA) • Sorush/ Keihan Bacheha/ Kherad publishing house (Iran) Teaching Experience: • Art teacher at Kherad Art Institute. www.kheradedu.ir • Teaching illustration private. Commissions: Founder and editor-in-chief of a digital illustration magazine (Brightness) www.brightnessmag.com 6

PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi HasmikMembership:• Member of Institute of Iranian Illustrator.• Member of the USA society of Illustration . ( SOI )• Member of the international society of writers andIllustrators (SCBWI)Society of Society ofIllustrators Children’s Book Writers and Illustratorsskill: materials • Digital Painting• Leadership • Creating corporate• Conference and identityCompetition Holding • Softwares• High team work -Adobe Photoshopability -Microsoft Office• High ability In • Organizationrecognizing andapplying variousMedia and Bibliography:• www.wonderlandgroup.ir/gallery/gallery40-.html• www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAycup8__vg• www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4NezQ2MkcA• www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MGR5Dt-Eqc• www.comopedropormicasa.org/participantes-portfolio/ 7

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PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi HasmikECT S BIRD WOMAN SUCH A GOOD IDEA THE WAY IT WAS ASK ME A QUESTION NOW, I CAN CALL YOU «FRIEND» MURAL PAINTING 9

Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO 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 tell the public 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. As I have alluded to earlier, 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 around women all 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. I believe that if we discover the world by ourselves without the intervention of politics, the media, relatives, and teachers, then everything around us will take on a new meaning. May our minds fly like birds. 10

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO THE WAY IT WAS A story about a puppet doll, which is made by a tailor with different materials. The tailor loves it so much, but he has to sell it to a rich man, but the rich man put it on a fire place and doesn’t take attention to it, until a day a violin player and a little girl come to his home, and… This book is written and published by: Nahed Alshawa, author and manager of Noon Books publishing house in 2017. Technique: Pencil and digital painting 14

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO SUCH A GOOD IDEA It’s a philosophical story about a little child who doesn’t like his ears and try to cover them with a huge mask. He is so excited to find such a magical thing to help him feel better about his appearance, but everything will change, while his parents and friends use the same mask to cover their nose, eyes or anything else. Finally, he looks at again in the mirror and this time he feels better about his ears, although it won’t be the same about his friends and family, as they suppose he uses another mask. I wrote and illustrated it in 2018 and published by Tooti publishing house. 16

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO NOW, I CAN CALL YOU «FRIEND» A collection of poems and illustration for teenagers, which was published by Elmi-Farhangi publishing house in 2017. I used both traditional techniques and digital ones to illustrate this book. 18

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO ASK A QUESTION It’s the name of the book, which was published by Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in 2016. It’s the collection of poems and illustrations for teenagers about life. I mixed traditional and digital techniques to illustrate this collection. 20

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO MURAL PAINTINGMashhad, Iran, 2018 22

PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik BEER LABELI’ve been collaborating with collective arts brewing in Canada since2017. It’s a company which focus on designing special labels forbeer bottles, and it was my honor to be selected as one of thewinners and be featured by this great company. 23

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PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi HasmikBRIGHTNESS MAGAZINE ( Brightness) was founded by Narjes Mohammadi (Hasmik) and Sadegh Amiri in 2016 as a digital magazine to present exclusive interviews with contemporary illustrators , who are so professional at their job with many valuable experiences which could help young artists. Alongside , it is promoted current projects around the world with reviews and criticisms . We want to inspire people and show that illustration is an important, effective medium in the contemporary period. Moreover, we present articles about illustration and it`s position in different cultures and countries. (Brightness) seeks to new ideas and projects, so be in touch with us if you want to promote your projects as an independent illustrator or curator.W W W. B R I G H T N E S S M A G . C O M

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PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi HasmikProjects 104 windows Gabriel Pacheco workshop and conference Illustration Calendar Art festival in Baku Sohrab illustration exhibition Sometimes with myself 27

Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO 104 Windows An illustration exhibition with the theme of contemporary poem. In 2014, I invited 52 illustrators and poets from different countries to illustrate a selection of poems. It was a really specific exhibition in collaboration with artists from Iran, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Argentina and Germany and performed in Iranian Artists Forum. At the end of the exhibition, we published a digital and paper book of the illustrations 28

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PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik isGnhaoIbprraianenl dPaccohnefceorewncoerk- Gabriel Pacheco is one of the most professional illustrators in the world. He has been selected in many illustration festivals and competitions and has had many exhibitions in different countries. So, I invited him for a solo show, illustration workshop and con- ference in Tehran, Iran. It was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had, as I knew many things by collaborating with him. Furthermore, the ambassador of Mexico appreciated my team and I to perform such a great program in Iran. It’s still intro- duced as one of the best illustration program in Iran.31

Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO Art festival in Baku In 2014, I was invited to manage an illustration exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan. This festival was performed to celebrate Nowruz, the name of Persian and some other countries new year, in Icheri Sheher. During this festival, 6 groups from different countries were invited to present their works, and we were selected as the best and appreciated by the president of Azerbaijan in that year. 32

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO SOHRAB ILLUSTRATION EXHIBITION An illustration exhibition about “ Sohrab Sepehri”, a famous Iranian painter and poet, in 2012. “ Sohrab Sepehri” has a prestigious for his unique voice in art and literature, so I invited a selection of illustrator to illustrate his poems, and this collection presented in Shafagh Gallery 34

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO SOMETIMES WITH MY SELF It’s the name of a project in Mashhad, Iran, in 2018. This project focus on frames which were rejected by an art director or gallery, while they are selected in another festival or published in another magazine. The main purpose of this exhibition, was to readout the important role of artist in making an artwork. This collection presented in Farzad art gallery in Mashhad and many people visited that during the period. 36

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO ILLUSTRATION CALENDAR A unique and special collection of illustrations with the theme of Dragon, which was published by Sore publishing house in 2012. I invited illustrators from different countries to send their illustrations base on the given subjects. It was so amazing that we received many works from Italy, France, Spain, the United State, England, Germany and of course Iran. That various of artworks helped us to publish a really wonderful and unique calendar, which was admired by everyone in that year. 38

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Narjes Mohammadi Hasmik | PORTFOLIO 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 40

PORTFOLIO | Narjes Mohammadi Hasmikabout beliefs and ideas which limitedher soul, but she tries to set herselffree. There isn’t any challenge betweenelements, but in most cases you facewith a peaceful looking woman in blue.Which backs to East Philosophy (The style of this series is smart andnatural.Images in these pictures are notbeautiful but real. If you listen to them,it seems like there are various soundssuch as wind whistling, rain dripping,bird chirping, and laughters lingeringaround. Behind melancholy eyes of thegirl, we can feel the painter’s gratitude tolife and expectation to a better future.”New Graphic Magazine Since 2009 she has had solo showsand group exhibitions in Iran, Spain, Italy,Brazil, Germany, Ukraine, South Korea,China and Japna.She was also selected in several artbiennales and competitions since 2011.She was also established an onlinemagazine ( Brightness) in the field ofillustration in 2016. Narjes never lost sight of her roots inthe new world. Her cultural heritageand family ties remain the biggestinfluence in her work. As an Asianfemale artist, Narjes hopes to continueher contemplation through art about ourexistence now and beyond. 41

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