Shirin was born in Tehran and studied at the Behzad School of Fine Art. When she was eighteen she moved to the UK where she studied combined art in Bristol for two years, and later went to Bath Academy of Art and studied a BA in Graphic Design.
Shirin’s work often explores images of the past, a painter whose canvases are often divided; fascination with the relationship between order and chaos, a determined contemporary artist intrigued by time. She combines elements of symbolism, spirituality and a sense of time in her work.
Clearly, years of patient and laborious research has moved her painting towards a simplification of forms to the extreme. Liberated almost from the subject, Shirin tries to challenge the world of forms. She attains a kind of abstraction both rigorous and poetic.
"From tableau to tableau we discover a change in the layout of her canvas: the drips of paint sometimes fill the whole space. One’s gaze is lost in a maze of lines, all in a continuous composition, without edges or centre. Yet the layout of the lines keeps the impression of the order and the controlled gesture of the artist. Shirin's art manages to keep its innate freshness, in a world of silent poetry."
Afsaneh H.S Djavadi — Art historian
“Just before lockdown in early 2020, I ‘escaped’ to Marrakech and Taghazout in Morocco. Whilst there I was inspired by the intimacy and mystery of the pinks, reds, burnt siennas and ochres, aligned with the inherent drama of the Moroccan landscapes and souks.
As with all my work, I try to look for beauty in imperfection and to create simple, organic, vibrant shapes.
There’s seems to have been a loss of a sense of hope during the pandemic and both mainstream and social media has been bombarding us with messages of how to be happy.
This series of paintings is in some way my response to this, by using these colours and shapes to spread both joyfulness and love”