ICUL CTION meets ART A C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t R e v i e w Maryam Dehbozorgi Lives and works in Shiraz, Iran Maryam Dehbozorgi (Born 20 April 1986, Shiraz, Iran ) is an interdisciplinary visual artist. In 2011 She received her bachelor degree in Graphic Design from Soore university in Tehran. She is currently working on her dissertation for a master`s degree in painting from Soore university in Tehran. She started her professional career in the field of art in 2014. She is really into photos and films so that is really influenced by them in her art. This interest originated in her childhood as she was enthusiast in flipping through albums and watching home movies, first as a means of entertainment and then as a tool for curiosity about her identity. Her earlier works were collages of family members and sometimes internet and magazine photographs that initially dealt with scattered topics such as immigration, technology growth and identity and then with the focusing on “ self “ subject, shifted into the challenges she faced in everyday life. With the help of photos as reliable documents, she could connect with her past and move through lost time. photographs were torn, burn and mixed with all kinds of materials and sometimes they were photographed and used in video art or painted. Most of her subjects had been images of herself and the city where she inhabited. Today She makes her works with the inspiration from her life and the concept of “ self “ and her challenges to express them more broadly and in relation to society. To achieve this goal she uses the familiar objects in everyday life in combination with photos and employ them to create her art. Her works are shown in various group exhibitions in the field of graphic design and visual art in Iran and abroad and also she held her first solo exhibition in 2020 in Hamras Gallery in Tehran with the collection of photographed collages entitled “ fly between walls “ . An interview by , curator regarding your background. You have a and , curator solid formal training: after having earned a B.A of Visual Communication, you nurtured your education with an M.A. of Painting, Hello Maryam and welcome to that you received from Soore University, in ARTiculAction: we would like to invite our Tehran: how did this experience address readers to visit your evolution as an artist? http://maryamdehbozorgi.com in order to Maryam Dehbozorgi: I would say attending get a wide idea about your artistic art school only gave me the opportunity to production, and we would like to start this grow my knowledge and awareness in my interview with a couple of questions professional path, but I can`t say that has