Mona Bozorgi: Strain and Strand
Mona Bozorgi (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran) uses experimental photographic processes to examine the intersections of representation, objecthood, and gender. Bridging photography, sculpture, and fiber arts, her latest body of work expands on her ongoing series Threads of Freedom, which explores the role of imagery in Iranian women’s self-representation and performance of gender amid broader sociopolitical movements in the country. Printing photographs on silk then unraveling and reassembling them, Bozorgi overlays “selfie” images originally shared on social media of women participating in protests against government mandates enforcing the hijab, or headscarf. The resulting collages, composed of the individual silk strands and mounted within wooden frames reminiscent of daguerreotype cases, mirror the deluge of online imagery presented on cellphones’ boxed screens, meditate on female bodily autonomy and containment, and highlight the intimacy, vulnerability, and impact of public-facing images of oneself. Echoing silk’s unmatched tensile strength, Strain and Strand celebrates the resilience of women who stand strong individually and find great power together.
SCAD Museum of Art
Savannah, GA
02/04/2026 - 05/17/2026