Rostangâh, 2026, solo exhibition at Minnesota Street Project Studios, San Francisco, CA
Rostangâh, 2026, solo exhibition at Minnesota Street Project Studios, San Francisco, CA
The Farsi word rostangāh (رستنگاه), translated in English as hairline, derives from rostan, meaning to grow or to sprout, and the suffix -gāh, which carries both place and time. Rather than indicating a fixed line or boundary, rostangāh refers to a site of emergence and a zone of becoming.
A phrase from the Quran has stayed with me since childhood, warning of a day when “mountains turn into carded wool.” My work manifests resistance by collecting strands of life that have been carded and scattered, reshaping bodies and mountains. Using raw wool, a needle, and my physical force through a repetitive, slow process as a method of drawing is my way of enduring and constructing.”