Biography

"Har Haz Niz "
 The ancient name of the Haraz river
 Solo exhibition of Rira (Reyhaneh) Shariati's painting and installation 
 Aug 23th to Sep 20th
 Shirin Gallery is proud to present Rira Shariati's artworks under the title "Har Haz Niz".
 Rira was born in November 1982 in Amol.
 SHe is a master painting expert of Tehran University of Art and Architecture and started learning painting from the age of 17 with Professor Fariborz Zarshanas and Naser Shakri. 
 SHe has professors such as Mehrdad Khataei, Ali Nadai, and Dr. Mohammad Baqer Ziyai, Abdul Hamid Pazuki, Manijeh Sehi, and Mohsen Sadeghian learned many lessons.
 Along with the management of Rira Academy of Visual Arts, she is teaching, she has a total of 2 solo exhibitions ,more than 50  group exhibitions, and 2 international ones in her portfolio.
 Love for water, river, and nature has always been in her.
 She is in the spaces of figurative, abstract, photo art and video, installation, and sculpturs. She has many experiences.
  not so distant past, Haraz river was considered sacred and respected by all the people of the Alborz Mountains, but unfortunately today it has been subjected to climate change and the influx of people's stray garbage leachates.
 This collection, which has been his concern for the last two years, originates from this concern, with reference to fish, permanent inhabitants of waters and especially salmon that enter our food chain in a short cycle, strange and rare diseases!! 
 Unwanted deaths!
 Rira constantly considers herself a part of nature. 
 and believes that we should respect water like our ancestors, 
 Man of the modern era is trying to eliminate himself with the illusion of knowledge.
 This artist is constantly searching. She is full of unanswered questions and the joy of discovery that has no end.
 For him, the current collection, 
 The flip, however short, is first to himself and then to others.