Hajar Moradi, Creation, frame by frame animation, 2017.
Creation
Hajar Moradi
A Space Windows
April 12 – May 24, 2025
Reception April 12, 2025, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
In this exhibition, artist Hajar Moradi presents her first film, Creation, and three works from the Untold series.
Creation is a frame-by-frame animation that delves into the emotional landscape of making art. A frame-by-frame animation film captures the vulnerability, fear, and beauty often accompanying the creative process. For many artists, creation is not only an act of making but a journey through uncertainty, struggle, and transformation.
Untold is a series of installations that explores the traumatic experiences of sexual abuse, domestic and state violence, and the courageous act of narrating them. The installations feature painted kitchen knives combined with mixed-media paintings displayed in various scales. The kitchen knife, a domestic yet lethal tool, is chosen for its dual function and the frequency of its usage at home. The portrait paintings on the blades depict the female gaze meeting the viewer directly, demanding to be seen and heard.
Biography
Hajar Moradi is an Iranian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist and animation filmmaker. With a dedication to art as a catalyst for transformative conversations, Hajar explores the intricate dynamics of identity, resilience, and politics within the realms of existence and belonging. Her works span painting, installation, and video, delving into poignant subjects such as memory, displacement, collective struggles and resilience, and the multifaceted nature of female identity in contemporary society. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Aga Khan Museum, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Remai Modern Museum in Saskatoon, and the Museo Nacional de las Culturas in Mexico. Her installation work, Woman Life Freedom Banner, is held in the permanent collection of the Canadian Museum of History.