So Far, So Close is a group exhibition by Katayoun Amjadi, Shirin Ghoraishi, and Ziba Rajabi. The show explores the complicated experience of displacement from the motherland through themes of space, distance, and memory by Iranian female artists who reside outside of Iran by choice or by force.
Even though these artists have resided so far from their homeland for years, they feel so close to it, and distance has not diminished their love and care for it. Through the Persian language and Iranian culture, a part of their existence is defined by where they are from, regardless of where they take these temporal bodies. Meanwhile, they embrace and value their borderless life journey and cherish experiences that they have had as a result of a deliberate choice to live abroad and the opportunity to explore the unknown. Throughout years of living in the United States–despite how the politics of this country have treated them–they have grown to develop a sense of belonging to this land, creating a community with like-minded, colorful people and trying to make a temporary home out of it until it becomes permanent–if ever.
Exhibition Run: Sept 6-26
Q.arma Building, Q-Underground Gallery (basement level)
Closing Reception: Sat, Sept 21, 3-5pm
Gallery Hours: Sat-Tue 1-7pm
Virtual Reality Experience: Sat-Sun 2-5pm
