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I create images that come from my soul and feelings in which I show part of my homeland. I use
Persian calligraphy and alphabetic shapes as the main components in my work. These elements are something like poetry for me. I try to invite the audience to visit Iran by looking at my artwork and getting
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To create his prints, Barrangi begins by preparing handcrafted papers. Inspired by scientific illustrations, storytelling, and text, he uses a unique process involving traditional
Persian calligraphy to create drawings, which he then digitises. Using inkjet printouts, he transfers the designs using
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and disability. His works often contain images of animals such as birds, reptiles and mythical creatures to talk about migration, freedom, companionship, and different experiences of this world. Reflecting his own experience as an artist with a disability, his works often represent characters with
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Barrangi regularly exhibits in the UK and internationally. Exhibitions have included
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solvents, collaging them directly onto paper which has been prepared with
Iranian wood stain. The final results are delicate works on paper that evoke ancient manuscripts, both in colour and in texture, and in which he hopes to transport his audience to Iran using his art.
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Barrangi’s prints are often translated into large-scale murals that occupy full gallery walls. After directly applying the prints, he embarks on the long process of rubbing away the top layer of fibres to reveal the images underneath
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Born with the use of only one arm, Barrangi works directly on the floor and uses his feet to stabilise his prints while he is cutting or printing. Reflecting on his lived experience, his work includes characters with missing limbs.
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Alongside his artistic practice, sport has played a major role in
Barrangi's life. At the age of 19 he began running, and joined the Iranian national team before going on to represent his country as a
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was the first time
Barrangi had translated his evocative illustrations into sculptural forms, developed using pioneering 3D-printing technology with Wakefield-based XPLOR. His sculpture
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Triennial; Bologna
Illustrators Exhibition 2018; Story Museum, Oxford; and Hafez Gallery in Saudi Arabia 2019. Advocartsy presented Barrangi’s U.S. debut with a solo exhibition titled
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limb difference, lost arms and legs, or other disabilities, as well as images of women that he admires such as family members and friends, or exiled
Iranian queens.
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Barrangi’s work is inspired by his heritage, Iranian mythological stories and contemporary events of social upheaval. His works combines elements of
Persian
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in 100m and 200m races. He describes competitive running as a form of meditation, and a metaphor for life, "training day in and day out to become a hero".
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in early 2020. In 2021 he presented work for
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in Wakefield and welcomed into their Studio of Sanctuary residency programme. In 2020 he studied at the
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familiar with my process of thinking. I hope I am being able to convey a little bit of this with my art.
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