Safarani Sisters | A Collaboration
by JOURny Magazine
Formally trained in painting (BFA, University of Tehran, 2013), sisters Bahareh and Farzaneh shared a studio after their undergraduate studies, marking the beginning of their collaborative practice. At first, they sat as each other’s models out of convenience and necessity, but through this process they found their own voice:
“The kind of collaboration we do is also very special as far as we are trying to understand ourselves through our works and on the other hand, we paint each other, so it is kind of a self-reflection that make our paintings mysterious and our collaboration unique”.
“We work without any words. I do my job and she does hers and it is like we are connected in our minds”.
Safarani Sisters have participated in numerous Solo and Group exhibitions, including “Projecting Her”, Adelson Galleries Boston 2016, “Reincarnation”, 2018 and “Sprinkle of Light”, 2021 with Roya Khadjavi Projects, New York, “Preview Exhibition” in Adelson Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida, “Body Double”, Morris Museum New Jersey. Their works can be found in numerous museums and private collections, including Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Morris Museum, Morris town, New Jersey. Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
