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BLOOD-STONE 2024-2025 Archival Pigment print on paper Edition of 100
Courtesy Friends of Muhka
I have received an invitation to create this year's artist edition for the celebration of the New Year for the friends of Muhka.
In light of the current global turmoil, where numerous individuals are grappling with the challenges posed by warfare alongside various social and political dilemmas, it is crucial to foster optimistic thoughts and sustain hope for a more promising future.
The concept of healing stones resonates deeply with me, serving as a powerful source of positive energy for a fresh beginning in 2025.
Bloodstone is particularly noteworthy due to its striking visual appeal and profound symbolism. It aids in anchoring spiritual energy within the physical realm, thereby offering stability and resilience during difficult periods.

Trained as a miniature painter in Tehran and living and working in Antwerp since 1992, Maryam Najd has developed a highly individualised visual language rooted in two ancient cultural traditions: Persian and Western. Her work evokes a critical but respectful dialogue between these two worlds. Gender, sexuality, femininity, nationality, origin and the politics of the body are recurring themes in the series of paintings she has produced over the past decades. The underlying questions remain: Who am I in this world? As a person? As a woman? As an artist?

DON'T GO TO STRANGERS Maryam Najd, Narcisse Tordoir, Patrick Vanden Eynde, Hilde Borgermans

On view at CURRENT: Schaliënstraat 2-4- 2000 Antwerpen

Opening 16th May 12- 10 pm, only during Antwerp Art Weekend. https://antwerpartweekend.be/locations/current

COLOUR-BLIND SOCIETY PROJECT 2022-2024
On view at Il Cammino/Passio 2024, the fifth edition of biennale of kortrijk @Sint-Maartenskerk & Sint Michielskerk in Kortrijk 15.02.2024- 07.04.2024

COLOUR-BLIND SOCIETY PROJECT 2022-2024 #woman#Life#Freedom at Pedrami Gallery Antwerp- March 23 to May 21. 2023 Participating at Antwerp Art Weekend

HOT SPOT #1 PAINTING-Narcisse Tordoir invites, 26 November 2022

SILENT RUSH, in collaboration with Stormloop Kunsten festival, 22 May 2022

NOIR DESIR- VERLANGEN NAAR ZWART, 5 December 2021

WINTERBLOOME, 27 November 2021

MONOCULTURE- A RECENT HISTORY, 25 Serptember 2020

THE CLOWN SPIRIT, 16 October 2020

BOTANIC- BEIJING
September 18, 2019

KONTRAPUNT#2- Antwerp
September 12, 2019

TODAY IN DE STANDAARD
February 01, 2019

DEZMONA — BOOK OF MANY
January 31, 2019