Fenenin El-Rahhal
Nomadic Artists
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Fenenin El-Rahhal |
Ahmad Nadalian |
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Mission Statement |
Profile Link to www.riverart.net (external website) Environmental artist, art critic, professor (Faculty of Fine Arts) ; Ahmad Nadalian was born in 1963, in Iran (Sangsar). After his PhD study at the University of Central England (UCE) in 1995 he focused on environmental art. His works, which he has named “River Art”, is composed of carved rocks that have been abandoned at the site where they were created. Various symbols are incised on boulders- chiefly fish, which for the artist are emblems of the human soul, thirsty to experience life. He leaped to fame in the West, after representing his River Art project in the 50th Biennale of Venice. Then he was invited to many countries by different art centers and organizations for promoting his message. Nadalian moves like a fish transgressing international borders. He has traveled widely, leaving graphic messages on all continents but Antarctica in the form of etched stones, thousands of them, large and small, on which he has inscribed or painted fish, crabs, nautilus spirals, and human hands, feet, and faces. Nadalian works with local residents, including children, hiding stones, burying them, and casting them into water. His environmental art project, include the carving on rocks, can be found in many countries such as his homeland Iran, Italy, Germany, USA, Spain, France, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Lebanon, …. A number of small carved stones by Nadalian have been buried in different countries such as: Australia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Greece, UK, Finland, Morocco, South Korea, Japan, Ireland, India, China, Russia, Brazil, Uzbekistan, France, USA, ... The fundamental concern of this artist is the search for harmony with nature, with ourselves, and the universe which surrounds us. Nadalian's life and artistic activities in Iran and abroad have been the subjects of some documentary film by filmmaker such as Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Fergus Meiklejohn, Catherine MacDonald and Vesta Much. Nadalian presents his works via new media, and utilizes the capabilities of the digital age, such as the Internet. A number of websites, such as www.riverart.net, www.nadalian.com and www.wwwebart.com are dedicated to introducing his works. He believes that a website is not only a place to introduce his work, but a contemporary way of conveying his ideas and art. Selected Environmental Art projects 2006 Goddess of Fertility, “Verdearte” Pescia (PT- Tuscany) Italy Selected Exhibitions 2005 Third Tashkent Biennale - Uzbekistan The winner of Grand Prix
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