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STS and Art Practice 2020 @mikaelaberkeley
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard, the numbers juxtaposing the letters and a soft, glowing gleam reflecting across its surface.
2019
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
A woman in dark clothing sits on the graffitied ruins of Sutro Baths, staring into the soft, ethereal waves illuminated by warm sunlight.
2022
Oil paint on canvas
Growing up in Iran taught me that limitation breed creativity. I tried to embody the same lesson by using alternative printing methods in the darkroom
2016
Black & white photography
A close-up, multi-colored rendering of Eppendorf tubes illustrates that Lab Life is not as monochromatic as it appears.
Oil paint on Canvas
Giant ladle meant to represent heaven, a room where everyone figured out that to feed themselves, they have to feed each other. + Harley Quinn’s bat
2023
Wood sculpture, Metal Sculpture. Can also display photos attached instead
In “Buried,” I used collage and layering to express the haunting suspicion of a seemingly ordinary event. The nostalgia oblivious bliss.
Mixed Media: paper collage with ink and watercolor
Series of 22 photographs reimagining tarot cards (Rider-Waite deck Major Arcana), to reflect the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world.
2018
Digital Photographs
This image plays with scale, texture, and the physicality of water.
Color Film
2021 — a year of uncertainties, breakthroughs, and hope. The nurse at a vaccination site epitomizes this spirit of perseverance and hope.
2021
Mice own your belongings at night.
Charcoal Pencil on Paper
A portrait of a good dog.
2020
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
This is a surreal meditation on nature’s comforting power as a sanctuary for people in need of healing.
Pencil on paper
Lush layers of volanoes, forest fires, tsunamis are interwoven with snarling dogs, invoking chaotic and powerful forces of nature. 30″ x 40″.
Oil paint and thread on canvas
Indigo mountains and a somber gray sky are reflected in the clear water of Lake Tahoe.
These small paintings were quick, gestural sketches that explore the beauty of the feminine form.
Oil on canvas
I wanted to depict the endless possibilities of this world; the one we are so used to taking for granted.
Acrylic on canvas
This series was taken at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion.
Series of Photographs
The emotional turmoil of Fall quarter. As students process their new reality, they long for human connection but also feel empty and purposeless.
Link to Website
Photography
Our limbs perform so many tasks yet we rarely take a moment to recognize the inner workings that make these movements possible.
Acrylic tube, yarn, metal hardware, wood, epoxy resin