“Beyond Glamour, Power, and Contradiction is the shared consciousness of ages, of beauty, pain, and perseverance. I weave different elements of my own personal experiences in the art and high fashion worlds along with my ideas into a personal tapestry that gives color to the visual collage of life. The mainstays of my work are painting, illustration, silkscreen, collage, multi-media and fashion design. I immigrated to the Bay Area of California from Tehran,Iran at the age of three-I then resided in Manhattan, New York for 10 years creating pop couture on models, celebrities, and on myself along with my mentor Michael Sears. I now reside between the Bay Area and Los Angeles closer to my family and Tehrangeles. My aesthetic is a collage of multi-cultural critique and the contradictory celebration and negation of beauty and branding. My hopes are to inspire future generations and youth of the Iranian Renaissance to be who they are and to flourish”, says Hushidar Mortezaie about his work.
Hushidar Mortezaie was born in Tehran and immigrated to the Bay Area in 1975. He moved to NYC in 1994 for 10 years and now resides in California, living between Los Angeles and the Bay Area.Mortezaie’s discourse is a mixed media of collage, painting, illustration, installation art, and primarily fashion, which together fabricates a head to toe cultural critique that negates and celebrates branding along with the satire of pop culture and mass consumption.
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“Enrichment”…Atomic Bombs,Wars waged against the Middle East and the whole Weapons of Mass Destruction arguments are forever creating toxicity and poison in the lives of Middle Eastern people yet they remain, transform,and radiate.
Wish/Arezou – Mixed Media Collage on wood 70 x 20 in
An 18th century Qajar prince meets little red riding hood morphs into a post modern erudite androgyne
We Are One
Together/ Baham Mixed media collage on wood 70 x 20 in
The Dawn Is Near Celebrating the valiant Iranian youth who took to the streets and stood up against Tyranny during the Green Movement of 2009, inspiring an entire region to usher in a new Look.
Proust Questionnaire with Hushidar Mortezaie
Self portrait Hushidar Mortezaie
The principal aspect of my personality I can’t stop dreaming
What I appreciate most about my friends When we laugh altogether and joy occurs
My main fault Flighty
My favorite occupation Painter..is that an occupation or a dream?
My dream of happiness Surrounded by those who love me and those I love while being creative
What would be my greatest misfortune? Not to be able to draw
What I should like to be A kind person with integrity who leaves a legacy of creative work and beauty
The country where I should like to live Right now I am happy to live in California but I do wonder if I should be in Tehran,Iran…or of course, Paris 🙂
My favourite colour Navy and also Red
The flower that I like Jasmine
Strike Oppose The Persian Collection Fall 2001 by Hushidar Mortezaie
My favorite bird Hummingbird
My favorite authors in literature Jean Genet, Sadegh Hedayat, Clarice Lispector
My heroes in fiction Le Petit Prince, Khale Sooske (Auntie Beetle/Roach)
My favorite music/ musicien Kate Bush, Googoosh, Siouxsie Sioux, Orbital, Marzieh, Giorgio Moroder
My favorite painters Egon Schiele, Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Marjorie Cameron
Sarah Jessica Parker wearing the persian miniature print lace dress by Hushidar Mortezaie in “Sex and the City” TV show
My heroes in real life My Baba , rest in peace
My favorite names Colt, Tristan, Majnun
What i hate the most Cruelty
Historical characters that I despise the most Can I say Trump and even more so his entire cabinet because I want them to be history
The gift of nature that I would like to have Being effortlessly beautiful
How I’d like to die Surrounded by love
Photo print top by Hushidar Mortezaie worn by Brad Pitt featured in the motion picture “Fight Club”
Current state of mind Excited for the summer and new beginnings
Faults that inspire me the most indulgence Insanity, Chelo Kabob, Dimples
My motto stolen from Reza Abdoh the great:“In ancient cultures, they didn’t practice theory in their dances; they wanted to arrive at a state of trance, and I think that’s an appropriate approach for the arts: to create a work that is entrancing.”―Reza Abdoh
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