Elmira Abolhassani

Elmira Abolhassani, b. 1989, Mashhad, Iran.
Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.

Abolhassani holds a master’s degree of glass art and science from the Lisbon Fine Art University. The ultimate purpose of her artistic journey, to date, has been to understand how human networks and identities are formed and what their underlying structure is. Her works reflect her attempt to understand the meaning of network systems and, in particular, her role and position – as an individual node – in this complex web, as well as the nature of her artistic task as an interpreter of this all-encompassing network. Her works and thoughts stem from her belief that we must first attain a clear vision of ourselves in order to apprehend significant aspects of our world. 
Therefore, as a visual artist who uses glass as the primary material in her works, she tries to find herself while trying to master glass. Glass is a material that can be soft or hard, transparent or opaque, solid or liquid: a living creature that you have to befriend to be able to work with. However, as an artist, she uses any object that can demonstrate her concerns.

Her works have been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions in international galleries and institutions such as S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway (2019); Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China (2019); National Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, Portugal (2018); and the City Museum, Almada, Portugal (2016).

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