Yassi Golshani
Born in Hamburg in 1967, Yassi Golshani grew up in Iran where she witnessed the Iranian 1979 revolution at the age of 11. She studied painting at the Tehran based Al Zahra University, and moved to Paris in 1996, where she studied arts at the University of Saint Denis-Paris VIII and at the Sorbonne University. In 2005 she obatined a UNESCO scholarship and spent a month doing research and artistic work at the Civitella artistic residence in Italy. In 2007 Yassi was a finalist for the "Sovereign European Art Prize " in London.
Yassi's work and artistic style has evolved during her career. From painting she moved to installation and created different objects in "papier mache" using Iranian newspapers. Since 2002 she has been also working on video installation. Her work is being influenced by events in her country of origin Iran. She has chosen to explore the theme of dual culture, muliticulturalism and the issue of the veil which is obligatory for women in Iran.
Yassi has in recent years exhibited her work in several group expositions in Iran and worldwide, including in Candlestar's Masques of Shahrazad in London, in 2009. Her piece, 'Hafiz Divinatory Poems', was donated by Candlestar to Magic of Persia's Magical Nights in Dubai Gala in April 2009, where it fetched $12,000.
