사 하르 칼칼 리안 is an Iranian-born artist currently residing in Canada whose work explores powerful and traumatic themes including separation, isolation, as well as loss of humanity and identity. As a child, Khalkhalian experienced the 8 year Iran-Iraq War where she saw firsthand just how easily an individual’s humanity and identity could be shattered or ripped away to become only a fleeting memory for those who manage to survive. Following this, she and her sister emigrated to Germany at the age of 13, where she again had to experience the loss of identity and feelings of isolation that are common to immigrants in an alien culture. As a result Khalkhalian’s paintings center directly on expressing these feelings to the viewer which are so hard to express with words alone.

Khalkhalian은 그녀의 일을 직업으로 취급하지 않습니다. 오히려 그녀는 진정으로 영감을 받을 때만 일하려고 노력합니다. 그것은 기뻐서 행복하거나 완전히 황폐해졌습니다. 이 시간에만 작업함으로써 그녀는 자신의 작품을 생생하고 진정성있게 유지할 수 있으며, 원할 때 찾는 것이 아니라 느끼는 그대로 전달하려는 감정을 포착합니다.