Fatemeh Kazemi

Poor Knee_ Trigger Finger 2023 — Poor Knee – Trigger Finger 1, 2023

A piece of art hanging from a chain. — Saqi, 2023

An installation. One has a heart outlined by curtains. — Poor Knee; Trigger Finger 2, 2023

Always in my Heart, art installation at Smack Mellon, 2022

Fatemeh Kazemi فاطمه کاظمی

Website: fatemehkazemi.com
Ins: @afimoh_____

Artist Statement

I identify myself as an interdisciplinary artist. My practice involves a constant dialogue with the past—present, grounded in the quest to shape a glossary of grief, represented by the Farsi word "غم," with a particular emphasis on class, gender, and language-oriented grief. Storytelling acts as the entry point into my non-linear and fragmented practice. I draw inspiration from collective memory and the remembrance of refusal on both an individual and collective scale, merging these shattered dreams, stories of lost and forgotten things, double lives, and imaginary lovers.

These narratives unfold as distinct and immersive encounters — a chronicle that unites people while offering them the opportunity to both savor and unravel it.

Artist Bio

Fatemeh Kazemi فاطمه کاظمی (She/They)(b. 1992, Tehran) is a Syracuse-based artist and co-founder and curator of ROSVAÂ Magazine. She earned a bachelor’s degree in painting at the University of Tehran and is currently pursuing an M.F.A. degree in studio art at Syracuse University. Her multidisciplinary practice merges various interests through a number of projects and creative pursuits. Kazemi’s approach is focused on the process and context of creation, spotlighting the specific period during which works were built. She employs an amalgamation of media such as video, installation, writing, and performance. Her research has been embodied in themes of ritual, subculture, and archival memory. She has exhibited her work throughout the U.S. in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Syracuse, as well as abroad in Tehran, Çanakkale, Dubai, and London.