Nahid Hagigat: A Female Gaze, A Mini Retrospective
ADVOCARTSY is proud to present Nahid Hagigat: A Female Gaze, A Mini Retrospective. Nahid Hagigat, a pioneering force in Iranian contemporary art, has dedicated her artistic career, spanning five decades to the exploration and creation of her own iconography, with a profound focus on the resilience of women, and the female experience. This exhibition and mini retrospective showcases Hagigat’s works spanning 50 years, from her iconic etchings and printmaking from the 1970s, to her most recent meditative works on canvas, and speaks to the world through the lens of a woman’s experience and a female gaze.
Born in Tehran, Iran in 1943, and now based in New York, Nahid Hagigat is a pioneering artist whose work bridges Iranian and Western art. After graduating in Fine Arts from Tehran University, Hagigat moved to New York in 1968 and pursued a Ph. D. from New York University, where she mastered the processes of etching and printmaking. Hagigat often exhibited her etchings and photo etchings in New York and Tehran, and was instrumental in introducing and popularizing etching and printmaking to the Iranian art world. Her work deeply examines the social and political injustices faced by women on a global scale, which became even more prescient as Hagigat furthered her artistic practice. Throughout Hagigat’s œuvre, her goal is not to depict victims, but rather women for whom strength and passion for life surpasses their entanglement with oppression
In 2013, Hagigat was included in the foundational show Iran Modern at the Asia Society in New York, and in 2023 her work was included in LACMA’s Women Defining Women: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond. Hagigat’s solo exhibitions include Etched In Time at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2024 – 2025); Taymour Grahne Projects, London; White Wall Space, New York; Litho Gallery, Tehran. Her work is in numerous permanent collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The British Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, JP Morgan-Chase, New York University, and World Bank in Washington, D.C. Hagigat has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Maryland Federation Of Art, Juror Selected Award, Winner; Celebrity Center, World Contemporary Art, International Fine Arts Competition & Exhibition, Best of Show Award; HTEL, Heckstcher Museum 38th Annual Art Exhibition, New York, Award of Excellence.