Join us on Tuesday, April 18th at 6 pm for an artist’s talk with Farsad Labbauf at the Siena Art Institute. The event will be held in person at the Siena Art Institute as well as live-streaming online through the Siena Art Institute’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. (6pm Italy, noon NYC)
Farsad Labbauf is an Iranian visual artist living and working in the New York area. Best known for his linear figurative paintings, he immigrated to the United States at the age of thirteen. After enrolling in Rhode Island School of Design in 1982, Labbauf received his Bachelor of Fine Arts, followed by a second degree in Industrial Design. His work is inspired in part by theories in quantum physics as well as Monistic belief systems. Subjects of his recent paintings include icons of global pop culture, war, and depictions of the self.
His paintings have been featured in more than sixty group shows across the globe, including Saatchi Gallery in London and Ex Aurum Museum in Pescara, Italy, in addition to solo exhibitions in New York, Boston, Amsterdam, Tehran, and Esfahan Museum of Contemporary Art. His work is currently represented by Etemad Gallery in Iran as well as & Roya Khadjavi Projects in New York.
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