My work reflects the contrast between opposing identities, my birthplace, and the place I live now. I believe identity is fluid rather than fixed. We keep reconsidering our place in the world and revisit our ideological beliefs and values. I use an approach that is traditional and contemporary and try to express the reality and complexities of ambiguous identity. Being an immigrant entails many sacrifices to establish a new life. Migration shatters your world and transforms your worldview. It brings a pain of being uprooted and not fully belonging, but it also gives you a new vision, a new way of seeing the world. I am interested in exploring these in-between states and a play of presence and absence. My work represents observations of an identity shifting between two geographical contexts. To embrace the Persian culture, I use traditional patterns used in Iranian textile and carpet, pottery, and ceramics. I add sculptural elements like broken ceramic pieces, ropes, textile, and thread to question the norms and conventions of two-dimensional painting while exploring the transition in play from 2D to 3D to represent the process of transformation. As an artist, I address the issues of dislocation, suspension, and estrangement. I would like to reassess the universally accepted norms within a society and investigate the irreversibility and fragility of history. I am interested in the use of archival materials to examine past, present and future and create layers of meaning. I believe artists are mediators, who keep criticizing, interpreting, and extending an idea.