 Born in 1955 in Azerbaigan,
Issa Shojaei was educated at the Tehran Institute of Fine Art from 1977 to
1981. He continued his studies at the Mensch Und Raum Institutes in
Bochum, as well as in Cologne, Germany from 1984 to 1987. During his travels,
Issa exhibited extensively throughout Europe and Turkey. He now lives and works
in Toronto, Canada.In the classic tradition of the Fauve painters of the
early twentieth century, Shojaei achieves a haunting sensitivity in his
portraits of enigmatic young women. His instinct for primal moods and, perhaps,
the overt tension of form and color to translate persona, provides the
emotional affair that takes place between the viewer and the figure. The
Shojaei woman is the clandestine female, the arcane seductress, the essential
woman engaged in a cultural awakening of her own being. In her awkward
gracefulness, she is confident; in her covert silence, she is mysterious.
Shojaei’s work has been seen in Art Expos all over the world and in the
Aqua Gallery, Grapheteria Gallery, and Studio 25, all in Toronto, Canada.
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