Merging Iranian calligraphic script with elements of abstraction and Pop Art, painter Salar Ahmadian's colorful, playful forms take on a life of their own, knotted and intertwined, they dance off of the canvas. They are the remnants of words, transformed by the artist, into a tangle of ribbon-like abstract shapes, which, despite retaining their formal resemblance to traditional script, are simultaneously devoid of clear textual meaning.

  

 Born in Iran in 1957 and based in Vancouver, Canada, Ahmadian studied Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts at The University of Tehran. He has exhibited his work extensively in solo and group shows around the world including Iran, Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Kuwait, and the UAE.