Laleh Motlagh
As an Iranian Azerbaijanis-American woman, Laleh Motlagh delves into profound explorations of love, intimacy, spirituality, trust, and resilience while remaining present to her own localities. Based in Chicago, Motlagh challenges socio-cultural alienation and navigates the complexities of multicultural identity. Often collaborative with nonhumans, she employs drawing, painting, performance, video, and installation to question the boundaries between human and natural life, the admissible and the taboo, as well as the geopolitical overtones found so prevalently in the discourse of border zones and notions of belonging.
Laleh Motlagh لاله مطلق (b. Tabriz, Iran) is a Chicago-based artist and educator. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at institutions such as Museo Universitario del Chopo (Mexico City, Mexico), EXPO (Chicago, USA), Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (Chicago, USA), Chicago Artist Coalition (Chicago, USA), KHB Studios (Berlin, Germany), NAHR (Sotechiesta, Italy), Teufelsberg (Berlin, Germany), Gallery 400 (Chicago, USA), Sarv Gallery (Tehran, Iran), Farhang Gallery (Tabriz, Iran) among others. She has received multiple awards and recognitions including Individual Artists Program grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Newcity’s Breakout Artist, U.S. Fulbright Independent Artist Research grant, Provost’s Award for Graduate Research, and more. Motlagh received her MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Laleh Motlagh (nacida en Tabriz, Irán) es una artista y profesora radicada en Chicago. Su trabajo ha sido exhibido en exposiciones individuales y grupales en los Estados Unidos, México, Alemania, Italia e Irán. Fue residente BOLT 2022-23 en la Chicago Artist Coalition. Anteriormente fue artista en residencia en la Nature, Art, and Habitat Residency (Taleggio Valley, Italy), Kunsthalle Bellow (Techentin, Germany), Institut für Alles Mögliche (Berlin, Germany), y House of Nature (Wald, Germany). Es Maestra en Bellas Artes por la University of Illinois en Chicago desde 2021.
Como mujer iraní azerbaiyana-estadounidense, Laleh Motlagh explora conceptos de amor, intimidad, espiritualidad, confianza y resiliencia y cómo permanecen presente en sus propias localidades. Radicada en Chicago, Motlagh desafía la alienación sociocultural e interroga las complejidades de la identidad multicultural. A menudo en colaboración con no humanos, el trabajo de Motlagh incluye dibujo, pintura, performance, video e instalación que cuestiona tanto los límites entre la vida humana y la natural, lo admisible y el tabú, así como los matices geopolíticos que se encuentran tan predominantemente en el discurso de zonas fronterizas y nociones de pertenencia.
