Oldouz Nabizadeh

Oldouz Nabizadeh is an Iranian ceramist whose works explore forms of objects. By juxtaposing different pieces of demolished or second-handed casts, she puts negative shapes of ceramic casting together. Therefore, she creates objects that represent nor ceramic castings neither sculptural aesthetics. Thus, she questions the idea of sculpture as a beautiful or visible object.

“The ceramic studio is like a playroom or a toy factory to me, and I use the tools and limitations of working with mud for creating a new game to play and control intelligently. Abstraction, ambiguity, and being explorable are the main aim of my work. Playing in this sense does not mean entertainment, rather it means discovery and struggling, and the unfamiliarity of the atmosphere and material is very appealing to me.”

Oldouz Nabizadeh’s profile was created with the participation of Bavan Gallery, Tehran.