textile; 30×20”

“The artwork says the words ‘Woman Life Freedom’ in Farsi. Everything is cut and stitched, Zohreh feeling the pain Iranian women have to go through on a daily basis. They are asking for freedom, the right to a normal life. Red is for life, purple for hope, black for hardship, green for new beginnings. Each prison bar is different in size and loose. The heart and bird came from remnants of the cut out of the letters, fit emblems for life and freedom.”

ARTIST BIO: Zohreh Zand, who is originally from Iran, has always been an art lover, but she never studied art. She is a docent at the Cincinnati Art Museum.