We are on Treaty 1 Territory
on the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples,
and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. We offer our respect and gratitude to the caretakers of this land.
Between the Two
Solo Exhibition by Hamideh Behgar
Opening Reception: August 7th, 2026 5 – 9 PM
Public Talk with Alireza Bayat: September 12 2 PM
Exhibition Run: August 7 – September 26 2026 (not open August 7th 12-5PM)
This exhibition reflects my experience of migration—moving between the physical architecture of
“home” and the emotional work of grounding myself in a new place. The installation brings
together forms shaped by the Prairie winter and the cultural memory of being Persian: childhood
play, language, Farsi calligraphy, and the emotional geographies that continue to define my sense
of belonging.
Across these compositions, landscape-inspired fragments meet graphic structures that echo the
rhythm of Farsi script. These asemic marks—gestures that resemble writing without forming
words—carry movement, lived history, and cultural resonance rather than a literal language.
Drawing from the layered spatial logic of Persian miniature painting, the work holds multiple
worlds at once: interior and exterior, past and present, here and elsewhere. By weaving Prairie
forms with Persian visual structures, this body of work creates a space where displacement,
remembrance, and reinvention coexist, offering a visual language for the in-between state of
migration.
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Photo credit: Luke Tokaryk
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