SOODY SHARIFI

SOODY SHARIFI

Soody Sharifi was born in Tehran, Iran. She received her BA and MFA from the University of Houston. The bodies of works which she has created, whether they are photographic series or installation using photography, continuously feed off and compliment each other both conceptually and technically. These images point to a more layered, carnivalesque reading of the two traditions, traditional/ancient and contemporary culture, but in emphasizing the delicate fictional underpinning in these images, they come closer to representing “reality” than what is shown in most news media. Through these images, Sharifi explores the tension between public and private spaces, depicting scenarios which undo the images of Islamic stereotypes represented through the narrow focus of the daily media. Moreover, she hopes they also challenge the Muslim expectation of propriety. By using fictive and documentary strategies, she creates bodies of work that hover between photographic realism and fantasy.

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