Farnoosh Ashrafi                                  Deutsch   English

Farnoosh Ashrafi is an exciting new discovery, introduced by the Hamburger Kunsttreppe in 2001. Born in Uroumieh in Iran, he came to Germany at the age of fifteen.He finished his schooling here and then studied graphic design and illustration at the Hamburg higher Education Institute. But even then his real interest was painting and he has continued to train this speciality.Farnoosh Ashrafi is a prolific and enthusiastic draughtsman. His sketches serve to compile impressions and above all motifs, drawing functions as the crucible for his ideas. His drawings are all representational, while his paintings are stylized almost to pure abstraction. As a result, his large-format acrylic and oil works on canvas evoke a range of assoiations. His current group of works, which feature warm natural tones such as red, brown, ochre and yellow, evoke architectural forms. Spaces and dreams are indeed the motteo of Ashrafis paintings, in which he merges inner and outer realities.

Farnoosh Ashrafi lives and works in Hamburg.