PENUMBRA WORKSPACE PROGRAM | NYC | 2020
ARASH FEWZEE
Arash Fewzee creates a system using and reusing photographs as tools for residues of performances in the darkroom. Creating photograms that map the movement and generate new shadows to form installations. In this creative way of reconstructing photography, Arash will be adding to his vocabulary with black & white and wet plate photography. We are excited to see where his practice will turn with his dedication to performance, labor and experimentation in this new work.
–Monique Deschaines (Director Euqinom Gallery, Member of the 2020 Jury).
Image © Arash Fewzee. Courtesy of the artist.
“[… ] I make photographs in the darkroom. However, the function of the darkroom in my practice extends beyond just a process of making to a system of thoughts that has its own politics, material class, and logic. This system creates a framework that encompasses many of my works conceptual strategies..[ …]”
Arash Fewzee was born in 1989 in Mashhad, Iran and currently lives and works in New York. His artistic practice spans photography, installation, video, and sculpture and has been exhibited in New York City and internationally, most recently at The Rubber Factory. He holds a bachelor of science in Economics from Ferdowsi University and an MFA from Parsons, The New School. He has been awarded residencies at Showhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Triangle Arts Association and Baxter St Camera Club of NY.
