I am a Toronto based artist. I have my BA in Fine arts, and also graduated from the academy of art Canada, where I teach now. I am an oil painter, and I had exhibited my works in Toronto, New York, Sweden, London and Iran.

The main focus of my paintings is the dream world, the subconscious and the connection to one’s soul, meshed with inspiration from nature, the world of plants and their organism. The glamourous and magical quality of the old masters has a significant presence in my work, with their magical veils of glazes.

I recently started a new project using copper surface instead of canvas. In this project I am using different treatments to oxidize its surface on some areas, these accidental patterns that appear absolutely randomly helps me work with this surface as a living entity. I depict a dream world with the memory of plants and nature rather than painting the exact replica of what I see. I use broken colors which gives it an impressionistic effect, along with patterns and fractals that read as magical landscapes with forests and bodies of water. This surface is the closest thing for me to the alchemy of painting.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Moojan Nazmi, a Magical Realist painter based in Toronto, expresses her passion through the medium of oil painting on Copper. Moojan's artistic focus centers on capturing the essence of the dream world and the subconscious.
Her artistic intention is to transport viewers into her pictorial realm, characterized by silence and nature—a space that invites them to step into her imagination and inner world, where contemplation, analysis, and creation join. The paintings serve as windows into the workings of her subconscious mind. The meticulous selection of colors, a dedicated emphasis on interpretation and pictorial thinking, and the refinement of concepts and dream sequences culminate in a cohesive blend, reflecting the reality depicted on the canvas.
Moojan employs light as a tool to infuse meditative and dramatically theatrical qualities, crafting a compelling visual narrative. The intricate process involves layers of glazes and impasto, with the veil of glazes adding a touch of enchantment, referred to as her "poetry." Essentially, her paintings present a fusion of realism and personal expression. For Moojan, painting transcends mere imitation of nature; it is an inspired interpretation of the subject matter at hand.