Mohsen Keiany
An artist of Iranian origin, educated at universities in Iran, Mohsen then obtained an MA in Fine Art at the University of Tehran. He is currently studying for a PhD at Birmingham City University. An award-winning artist, Mohsen has exhibited in more than 50 national and international exhibitions. His work is deeply influenced by his Persian background, and historical, religious and cultural themes feature strongly, especially the influence of Sufi spirituality and his experience as a soldier in the Iran-Iraq War. His work encapsulates spiritual contemplation, human nature and the natural world, human suffering and the horrors of war. Captured in ecstatic colour and texture, his paintings show the essence of the Sufi idea of equilibrium in nature. There is little or no foreground in Mohsen’s work; shadow is omitted, figures are spiritual, decaying or dead and colour illuminates.