MAHUNIK

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“Mahunik” is a timeless and spaceless. It began as line, shape, and dot, evolving into characters of imagination. These imaginations became exercises in creation, manifesting in everything that traverses the artist’s mind. 

Jocelyn Akwaba Matignon's imaginary character, “Kioukan,” features multiple members and an almond-shaped head. “Kioukan” is often associated with entities like Kukulan, the feathered serpent. Jocelyn explores the mysteries of the universe through cosmogony, layering multiple pictorial dimensions in his works. In Jocelyn's paintings, “Kioukan” becomes a mystical consciousness that questions our place in space and time, revealing or concealing what we perceive as reality.

Elena introduces her fictional character named “Chibi-Chan” in various styles. These small “Chibi-chan” characters have been emotional companions for Elena from her teenage years to the present day, guiding her through life’s challenges. “Chibi-chan” symbolizes the path to a bright and new life. These unique yet serene-looking figures emerge and disappear amidst gentle, captivating waves. Their plump, rounded forms coalesce as a collective entity, exhibiting diverse structures and expressions as they navigate the waves.

Farhad Abdi's artworks resemble a painting album of a family. These individuals are akin to people we see in contemporary times. This family belongs to the world of Goldfish. These Goldfish, with their short stature and bulging, staring eyes, symbolize lives spent aimlessly. Farhad challenges contemporary life by depicting these dwarf-like Goldfish with their fixed gazes, reflecting on human obsessions, problems, and pointless conflicts—echoes of our time, trapped in an existential void.

Amir Soleimani, known in the art world as Mondoir, presents self-portraits that grapple with chaos. Standing alone in a world characterized by turmoil and disorder, his artworks capture the fear and uncertainty of a rapidly changing era, where the quest for mastery and control is a universal aspiration.

Amir's art is rooted in a diverse background with a strong foundation in digital art. He employs an experimental approach in creating these portraits, reflecting contemporary anxieties through raw emotion and a desire to impose order upon chaos.

Zahra Habibizad

Co-Founder and Chief Curator