Parisa Ghaderi | The Wrong Order

Artist Bio

Parisa Ghaderi is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and curator. Born and raised in Iran, she earned her Master of Fine Arts from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.

Her work has been exhibited in prominent museums and galleries around the world, including the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum in Milwaukee, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Through diverse media and techniques, her practice explores themes of identity, belonging, and social justice.

Parisa engages in a wide range of creative projects. She has curated exhibitions, directed performances, and produced short films and animations that have been screened and awarded nationally and internationally.

She is a Professor of Graphic Design at Shoreline College.

Artist Statement | A Poem by the artist

The wrong order

The one on the right,
with asymmetric breasts
and freckled skin like burnt constellations,
was growing
what should never have grown.

The one on the left,
arms always folded tight,
always a step away.

The one in the middle,
with a pear-shaped body
and a small belly that softens her outlines,
listens to the house
giving up on itself.

From right to left,
the frame keeps shifting,
and no one agrees on where it begins.