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Nazafarin Lotfi

Nazafarin Lotfi was born in Mashhad, Iran in 1984. She is an artist and educator living and working between Tucson, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois. Her multi-disciplinary approach studies how the self and notions of identity formation are understood in relationship to architecture, landscape, space, and place exploring humanness and practices of map-making and gardening. Her prints, drawings, and sculpture were featured in a solo exhibition at University Galleries in 2022, Nazafarin Lotfi: A Garden to Build .

Background

MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2011)

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2009)

BFA, University of Tehran (2007)

Co-founder, Stew-dio Visit artist-collective based in Tucson, AZ

Normal Editions Projects

Lotfi participated in a collaborative print project at Normal Editions as part of the Visiting Artist Seminar in the School of Art at Illinois State University, September 2-October 2, 2019.

Nazafarin Lotfi

Artist Nazafarin Lotfi at Normal Editions in 2019.

Resources

Artist Website

Gallery Representation

Prints from Normal Editions

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Nazafarin Lotfi
three-color lithograph
19" x 14"
edition size: 30
copyright 2020
N.E.W. work # 19-103

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Collaboration with Nazafarin Lotfi

inspecting the drawings on mylar over the light table

inspecting the drawings on mylar over the light table

Morgan Price, Nazafarin Lotfi, and Halie Hugenberg inspect the drawings at the light table

mixing ink colors

mixing ink colors

Nazafarin Lotfi, Halie Hugenberg, and Morgan Price working with color inks to mix the colors desired for several plates

sponging

sponging

Nicole Arnold ready to sponge the plate with water on the lithography press

rolling on ink

rolling on ink

Morgan Price rolls ink on to the plate on the lithography press

reviewing color trial proofs

reviewing color trial proofs

Nazafarin Lotfi and Morgan Price reviewing the color trial proofs at the stage including runs one and two

inspecting proofs

inspecting proofs

Nazafarin Lotfi inspects the first color trial proof to include all three layers of ink with Peytin Fitzgerald

discussing color trial proof impressions

discussing color trial proof impressions

Nazafarin Lotfi and Morgan Price discuss the progress of the color trial proofing session with fresh impressions

selected impression

selected impression

Peytin Fitzgerald, Erika Shiba, Nazafarin Lotfi, Morgan Price, Sarah Smelser, and Veda Rives Aukerman celebrating the signed Right to Print impression for the edition.

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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