Jinoos Taghizadeh _ Lot 09

Independent

Title: From here from there

About this piece: The series In Particular, In Spring grew out of a simple daily habit that kept me connected to life during a difficult time. I began drawing flowers and small handwritten notes on the ordinary papers; bills, official letters and envelopes, medication notes, newspapers, and paper bags that quietly record our personal histories. This practice became a way to document everyday survival: small gestures of resilience, and a method of holding memory before it slipped away. In this piece “From there to here”, I drew a bottle of Peruvian lilies over a newspaper article about homelessness in Toronto. I had opened the paper expecting to read political news from Iran or the international stories I usually follow, but instead I found myself absorbed in a local report about a street I know well, a community I walk through every day. In that moment, I realized that somewhere along the way, Toronto had become home, and its wounds had become mine too.

Dimensions: 9.8" x 12.9

Medium: Drawing with nib per, ink & watercolour on Newspaper

Date: 2024

Residing in Toronto, Jinoos is a multidisciplinary artist, storyteller, and critic. She studied dramatic literature and holds a degree in sculpture from the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Tehran (2000). Her works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, biennales, museums, and major institutions across Iran, Europe, and beyond. She has also published a series of artist books.