Jamileh Salek

As an Iranian artist and daughter of a tailor who was born in North West of Iran in Tabriz, I always had been surrounded by colourful fabrics, carpets, different designs. Tabriz has a steeped history in artistic rugs and carpets. Many individuals in the region weave rugs and carpets in their homes. Growing up in a part of the city on the Silk Road with the World’s Largest Covered Bazaar, art-making was a part of our lives.
My engagement with the academic arts spans over two and a half decades. I completed my undergraduate in Fine Arts and a Masters of Fine Arts (with a thesis focusing on Postmodern Art) from Alzahra University and Tarbiat Modares University respectively. 
After graduation for the vast majority of my years, I spent my time dedicated to minimalistic figurative art using mediums of acrylic paint. My works emphasize and depict meditations on femininity. The complexity of human emotions is portrayed through contradictory concepts such as hope, loneliness, and love. By merging three-dimensional visual elements in faces and hands and two-dimensional embellishments such as floral patterns, the viewer becomes fixated on the depth of emotions expressed by the figures within the artwork. In 2019, I showed some of them at 58th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair.
In 2012, I started to make some collages with fabric. I have continued this style and I had introduced them to Torontonian audiences in 57th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair. My fabric arts series reflects women’s deep history and connection to the textile industry. My art is intended to evoke nostalgic feelings and I focus on Eastern aesthetics. I use my knowledge of ornamental designs and harmonic repetition of motifs to create my artwork. More recently, I have tried to get closer to Oriental art which tends to be two-dimensional, reflecting the naĂŻve and simplistic world of a child. My fabric art series uses a mixture of mediums including hand-sewing techniques, quilting applications, needlework, home-made natural pigments, embellished cloths and accessories such as beads. The clothes used often are recycled textiles.  My fabric art aims to create a fantasy world by focusing less on rigid principles in art, if such does even exist.
I have received several awards in Canada including the Toronto Arts Council’s Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship grant in 2018. Currently, I divide my time between freelance illustration and creating a new collection of paintings and fabric art.

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The Village 13
The Village 13
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
12x16
$280.00 CAD
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The Persian Garden 2
The Persian Garden 2
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
16x12
$490.00 CAD
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Circles
Circles
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
12x16
$420.00 CAD
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Village in the Fog
Village in the Fog
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$490.00 CAD
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The Persian Garden 3
The Persian Garden 3
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric, beads and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$630.00 CAD
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The Village 3
The Village 3
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
27.50x19.75
$560.00 CAD
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The Persian Garden 1
The Persian Garden 1
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric, beads and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
12x16
$490.00 CAD
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The Kite
The Kite
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
12x16
$630.00 CAD
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The Village 4
The Village 4
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$560.00 CAD
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Village in the Desert 1
Village in the Desert 1
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$630.00 CAD
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Iranian Miniature 13
Iranian Miniature 13
Jamileh Salek
Digital art - Print on forex.
11.80x7.80
$220.00 CAD
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Iranian Miniature 12
Iranian Miniature 12
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 11
Iranian Miniature 11
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 10
Iranian Miniature 10
Jamileh Salek
Digital Art - Print On Forex
7.80x7.80
$135.00 CAD
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Iranian Miniature 9
Iranian Miniature 9
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 8
Iranian Miniature 8
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 7
Iranian Miniature 7
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature  6
Iranian Miniature 6
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 5
Iranian Miniature 5
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 4
Iranian Miniature 4
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11.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 3
Iranian Miniature 3
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Digital art - Print on forex.
7.80x7.80
$135.00 CAD
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Iranian Miniature 2
Iranian Miniature 2
Jamileh Salek
Digital art - Print on forex.
7.80x7.80
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Iranian Miniature 1
Iranian Miniature 1
Jamileh Salek
Digital art - Print on forex.
7.80x7.80
$135.00 CAD
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Lovers
Lovers
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Patchwork with cloth - framed (set of 2).
39.36x27.55
$2700.00 CAD
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Flying White Birds
Flying White Birds
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$490.00 CAD
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The Village 7
The Village 7
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
16x12
$490.00 CAD
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The Village 10
The Village 10
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
16x12
$560.00 CAD
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Snowman
Snowman
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
16x12
$350.00 CAD
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The Village 8
The Village 8
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$465.00 CAD
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The Village 12
The Village 12
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
12x16
$280.00 CAD
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The Village 5
The Village 5
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Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (framed).
4.75x6.50
$155.00 CAD
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The Village 11
The Village 11
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
12x16
$420.00 CAD
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Woman and Her Thoughts
Woman and Her Thoughts
Jamileh Salek
Acrylic on canvas.
23x31
$2500.00 CAD
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Young Woman Holding a White Cat
Young Woman Holding a White Cat
Jamileh Salek
Acrylic on canvas.
18x24
$1800.00 CAD
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My Dream
My Dream
Jamileh Salek
Acrylic on canvas.
24x36
$2000.00 CAD
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Family Portraits 2
Family Portraits 2
Jamileh Salek
Acrylic on canvas and collage.
31x47
$3500.00 CAD
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Family Portraits 1
Family Portraits 1
Jamileh Salek
Acrylic on canvas and collage.
31x23
$3000.00 CAD
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Between Correspondence
Between Correspondence
Jamileh Salek
Acrylic on canvas.
19x19
$1800.00 CAD
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The Night
The Night
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
16x12
$630.00 CAD
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The Village 2
The Village 2
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$630.00 CAD
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The Village 1
The Village 1
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
16x12
$630.00 CAD
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Sleeping Figure
Sleeping Figure
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
27.50x19.75
$840.00 CAD
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Lovers in the Garden
Lovers in the Garden
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
27.50x19.75
$700.00 CAD
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Village in the Desert 2
Village in the Desert 2
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
12x16
$420.00 CAD
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A Tree for a Bird
A Tree for a Bird
Jamileh Salek
Thread, fabric and homemade natural pigments (matted and framed).
19.75x27.50
$560.00 CAD
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