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Mina Hedayat

Mina passionate in painting since her younger days, she is participating in numerous prominent art exhibitions in Iran, Korea, Malaysia and Hong Kong Art Fair. Her desire is using art as a channel to present the beauty and aesthetic nature of women. Mina is an Iranian painter lived in Malaysia for last 4.5 years and then Moved to Canada in 2014 till present. She is the artist for who does not exist any stylistic border. At any time filled with salty energy sails can transfer the clipper of her inexhaustible imagination to unfamiliar mysterious coast of new terra incognita. “The greatest challenge an artist faces is to adequately channel her first bursts of creative energy. It is necessary to constantly work at improving one’s skills in order to effectively tackle this challenge.” Her main focus is figurative art. She is attracted to the acrylic paintings, Printmaking and Digital Art. In 2014, she have been developing a series of animal-inspired paintings that blur the boundaries between animals, humanity, women and fine art. she is interested in the narrative quality of painting. Hedayat trying to create artwork that seduces the spectator to engage it intellectually and emotionally and finish its story, like the beginning of a short story or the punch line of an unsettling joke." I consciously work with technique and composition, but my unconscious adds an element of inner yearning for tranquility, strength and well-being depending on my mood". The figures depict grounded women with animals head earthy feet and hands. In a way, the whole painting is a self-portrait from the inside, out. For the sake of important elements in a work, I often exaggerate or distort shapes and lines to enhance the overall flow and composition. she apply the paint, but it is a struggle to not get in the way of the process as it unfolds. It works best if the vision guides me, not I guide it. she notice that her visits to Malaysia are influencing her palette. Her desired to printmaking appeared after she decided to learn Hand drawn Batik. She mixed Iranian painting with nature by shiny and bright color in her last series. In Canada she started new series named migrant, Migrants: advantage or disadvantage? The number of people looking to start a new life on the continent is increasing rapidly. People emigrate from one country to another for a variety of complex reasons. Some are forced to move, due to conflict or to escape persecution and prejudices, while others may voluntarily emigrate. Although such a move may be necessary, it can be quite traumatic on top of the challenges experienced so far. Immigration can also represent an act of courage. For example,  Moving to a different country with different culture and norms can be quite daunting;  The potential loneliness to be suffered is not always easy to overcome;  There may be the additional pressure to earn enough to live As an immigrant for near 6.5 years, I have different feeling and attitude, In this new series I show love, loneliness, fear, … I am looking for happiness, I ask myself every day, Do you even know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. I live my life to maintain my own happiness. During my journey some people help me and some disappointed me, some was racism some was unprejudiced. I remember a poem written by famous Iranian poet saadi: Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.