Multimedia Artist and instructor
Love Explosion
BIO
- Afsaneh studied fine art at Ecole des Beaux Arts-Sion, Switerland and continued her visual art studies at New York Studio School. She further achieved a degree in Surface Design from FIT, New York, and a Master of Woven Design from Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industirelle in Paris. While studying in New York one of her sculptures was awarded and chosen to be in a photo shoot for Vogue magazine. She also was among top creative students from FIT to present her textile design to Bill Blass. Afsaneh has many years of experience as a graphic artist producing wallpaper designs. She has been working continuously on mixed media art incorporating textiles and other materials into her paintings. She is currently an instructor at the RCC Institute of Technology teaching rendering and digital media for the Bachelor of Interior Design program.
Statement
- The concept of the recent artworks return to the realms of my childhood, to the unmediated spaces of encounter that led to creation of illustrated stories in few notebooks. I found those on a later trip back to my country. As a result, the operative quality of these artworks composes an affective atmosphere for the audience to journey in the space of my childhood. I revisited the techniques from those notebooks which helped me to create layers of transparency that engage with each other. I mix abstract and figurative shapes using acrylic paints and textiles.
My vision
- I started my research in contemporary art from the past human art forms. I have found a fascinating energy that connected me to those primitive shapes. That energy could be related to a fundamental human instinct that carries at all time throughout ages. Since thirty years ego I have drawn and painted these forms passionately using different methods of expression believing in transferring this experience into a more contemporary concept. Recently, I have become actively interested in collecting information in the area of aboriginal primitive art forms and objects. These are related to the same universal energy that existed in all ancient art forms. In addition I have been experimenting with different media such as fibres/textiles and incorporating them into my abstract/figurative paintings. My future work will be based on many storytelling concepts and dreams of these shapes.
Exhibitions and workshops
Exhibitions
HEADWATERS GALLERY
ALTON MILLS ART CENTER, CALEDON
JAN 14 - FEB 12, 2017
GALLERIA 814, TORONTO
FEBRUARY 2017-APRIL 2017
QUEEN GALLERY, TORONTO
MARCH, 2017
EXHIBIT AT THEATRE ORANGEVILLE
APRIL 27-MAY29 2017
OUTDOOR
ROSEDALE ART SALE,TORONTO
JUNE 11-12 2017
QUEEN GALLERY, TORONTO ,AUGUST, 2017
RAW NATURAL ARTISTS SHOW in MOD CLUB TORONTO
NOVEMBER, 2017
ROSEDALE ART SALE, TORONTO
JUNE 2018-2019
KENSINGTON MARKET ART FAIR, TORONTO
JULY 29 AND AUGUST 26, 2018-2019 DURING PEDESTRIAN SUNDAYS
Workshops and Classes
Primitive Art
In this workshop you will be experimenting with various media of your choice to let your inner child, the wild, raw and primitive energy come out from depth of your fundamental human instinct that has been carried at all time throughout ages. This energy that is locked inside us and doesn’t make its way out, is the universal energy that existed in all ancient art forms.
Let’s try to explore and bring it on paper or canvas. You will have the opportunity to unleash and express your inner wild visions the way you wish. I will have pictures and examples for you to use as guides to start this journey.
Primitive Art workshops 2020
January 19 from 10-1 pm
March 15,2019 from 1-5 pm
Fee: 80$ supplies included
Class on Saturday morning from 9:30 am to 12 pm
Fall session 1: September 16 to November 4
Fall session 2: November 11 to December 23
Fee: $260 for 7 weeks (some supplies included and bring your favourite medium) For more info please email me at afsaneh@afsanehvollmer.com
Fiber art workshops 2020
February 23,2020 from 10-1 pm
Fee: 80$ with some fabrics included (bring your own favourite)
Class on Thursday afternoon from 12:30 to 3:00 pm
Fall session 1: September 19 to November 2
Fall session 2: November 9 to December 21
Fee: $240 for 7 weeks (some supplies included and bring your favourite yarns)
In this workshop you will be experimenting with many materials such as yarns, decorative ribbons and pieces of woods/fabrics to create beautiful textile pieces. I will provide you with some supplementary materials and show you the techniques how to weave, interlace and attach these pieces together. This class will open up your creative energy so you can explore different techniques and advance in the world of textile/material art. You will see many examples in the workshop.
Location:
LucSculpture School and Studios
at 663 Greenwood Ave. Toronto.
Textil Fiber Workshop
- One day workshop on Thursday, November 2 from 10.30 to 3.30 pm
Wild and Raw, Expressing Primitive Energy Workshop
-One day workshop on Thursday, November 9 from 10.30 to 3.30 pm
Acrylic with Mixed Media and Fabrics
-2 Day Workshop on Wednesday and Thursday September 27 and 28 from 10.30 to 3.30 pm
Location:
Maggiolly Art
158 Broadway, Orangeville, ON L9W 1K3