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Azadeh Razaghdoost (1979 - present) is a contemporary artist known for her use of the color red in her large-scale paintings.

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 * Biography
 * Works
 * References
 * External links

Biography
Azadeh Razaghdoost was born in Tehran, Iran. She studied at the Tehran College of Fine Arts and in 2002, Razaghdoost received her BA in painting from the Tehran University of Art. As a child, she aspired to be a physician or a surgeon like her father, which is indirectly reflected in her works. Razaghdoost’s art is known for use of the color red in her large-scale paintings, which represents love, passion, blood, her feminine desires and her frustrations. She currently works in Karaj, Iran, where she continues to make her art.

Influences
Azadeh Razaghdoost is a contemporary artist who specializes in abstract pieces. She works with pencil, oil paints and canvas to convey the “eroticism of decay”. Although she has made works referencing traditional Iranian art, Razaghdoost believes her work is better understood in the United Kingdom because of her influences of 18th century Romantic poets Charles Baudelaire and William Blake. Her paintings originate mostly from Western origins, but wants the viewer to perceive the art from a deeply emotional view.

Career
Razaghdoost’s first solo exhibition was held at the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran in April 2006. The collection was entitled “Sick Rose” (2005-2008), based off of the poems by 17th century Romantic poets Charles Baudelaire and William Blake. The exhibition featured works of dying, bloody roses to symbolize the beauty and chaos of death.

Some of her works were featured in the “Masques of the Shahrazad” exhibition led by Fariba Farshad, which reflects on the art work of three generations of Iranian women through themes such as time and politics. This took place at the Mall Galleries in London, England in early March 2009. The exhibition took inspiration from Shahrazad, the heroine of “A Thousand and One Nights”.

From November 24, 2016 to February 10, 2017, Razaghdoost’s collection entitled “Recipe for a Poem” was featured at the Sophia Contemporary Gallery in London, England. The collection contained 15 of her works, including some from her “Sick Rose” and “Letters” collections. This was her first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom.

Works

 * "Sick Rose" series
 * "Letters" series
 * "Dear Teo" oil on canvas
 * "Recipe for a Poem" collection