Soheila Sokhanvari
Soheila Sokhanvari: A Tapestry of Memory and Resistance Soheila Sokhanvari is an Iranian-born British multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores the intersection of personal memory, political history, and artistic technique. Born in Shiraz, Iran (1964), she embarked on a journey that spanned continents and disciplines, culminating in a distinctive artistic voice rooted in both Eastern traditions and Western experimentation. Her formative years instilled within her a profound appreciation for family photographs—a motif that consistently recurs throughout her oeuvre, serving as cataly…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Soheila Sokhanvari's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
