Born in 1970 in Teheran, Iran, Panteha left her country at the age of eleven. Along with her two younger sisters and mother she moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, then London, England and finally, when she turned sixteen, to the United States. Having lived through tumultuous wars, both in her country and her home, she always found a secluded place in art. No matter where she was or how bad the situation, she always found a piece of paper or cardboard and a pencil to write and draw.
Her mother's earliest memory of Panteha's artwork is a badly drawn, rectangular object with a squiggly line coming out the side. Trying to encourage four year old Panteha, she dared to ask what the object is supposed to be, and - disappointed - Panteha replies: It's a refrigerator. When asked about the squiggly line, the reply comes with surprise about so much ignorance: But, mom: that's the wire that goes to the wall! Panteha would like to call that piece "The Obscured Still Life".
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 17 January, 2008.
