Working in mediums of embroidery, collage and painting, Sofia Yeganeh’s practice is defined by expressive and instinctive characteristics as she deals with personal themes based around identity, human nature and body, and the natural world. The natural form is a running thread in her oeuvre, particularly the female body and the way in which it is often depicted idealistically in collective imagination and contemporary culture. In this series, Yeganeh uses thermal images to explore the emotional and energetic connections between humans. Specifically, the work engages with the intangible, physiological interactions between individuals which emerge in the process of forming love for someone.
“Love is one of the many components that nurture human attachment. My thermal photographs capture the energy, body heat and inner reaction that remains invisible to the human eye but which we perceive with our senses. Even in the absence of the person, the emotional bond you feel is ever-present.” Developing a mixed media process, Yeganeh layers, or translates images - taken during a state of emotion of a person with whom the artist is deeply connected - with paint and hand stitched embroidery. In these translations, dynamic lines are sewn over the photographs printed onto canvas to emphasize the multi-layered, energetic interrelatedness between beings.
Sofia Yeganeh (British-Iranian) was born in 1996 in London, UK, where she lives and works. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons Fine Arts, New York, USA. Her exhibitions include: Interaction, GOWEN, Geneva, CH (2025); Merging boundaries, Zaal Gallery, Toronto, CA (2024); Salutation, GOWEN, Geneva, CH (2024); Connect #3, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, JP (2024); The Flow, Dastan Gallery, Teheran, IRN (2024); Art Fair Tokyo with Maki Gallery, Tokyo, JP (2024); Next, GOWEN, Geneva, CH (2023); Revival I - XVIIIe Siècle, co-curated by Laura Gowen and Rachel Cole, GOWEN, Geneva, CH (2023); Lux Feminae, The Light of Woman, Queens, New York (2022) and Visual Unpredictability, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York, USA (2021). Sofia has been represented by GOWEN since 2023.
