Intersections second visiting artist of the fall 2010 semester Afruz Amighi arrived this week and will be in residence at UHM from November 1-12.
Afruz Amighi will be giving a public lecture on Wednesday November 10 @ 6 pm in the UHM Art Auditorium.
Amighi is fascinated by pattern and shadow. Her work often references Islamic screens, hanging lamps, and other architectural fragments that then cast shadow and light on her relationship to present day Tehran, the city in which she was born.
The artist recently received her MFA from NYU [ 2007], and currently lives in New York. She won the prestigious Jameel Prize [ for contemporary artists inspired by Islamic craft traditions] in 2009.
