STARDUST, c. 2011
Oil on linen
137.6 by 182.7cm.; 54¼ by 72in
Private collection
Ali Banisadr is an Iranian-born artist from New York City working primarily with oil painting. Banisadr was ranked #1 in Flash Art's Top 100 Artists of 2011
Originally, from Tehran Banisadr moved with his family when he was twelve to San Diego, in the United States. He moved to New York in 2000 to study a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts, and for a Master of Fine Aarts at the New York Academy of Art.
According to an interview with The Met, New York Banisadr states he is influenced by his childhood memories of growing up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war and the Islamic Revolution. He compares his work to Hieronymus Bosch and other figurative artists, whose work revolve around dynamism and conflict . Banisadr states he experiences the neurological condition synthesia, which greatly affects his paintings, imbuing a sense of sound and vitriol. More on Ali Banisadr
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