About Me
My name is Sahar Bayat. Sahar means early morning, when a new day is dawning; the dawn when I'm no longer imprisoned, the dawn when mountain passengers admire the flowers in which warriors have lied under. That's why I've chosen the name "Mattina".
not merely to behold, but to create in my surroundings, I witness elaborations that are not observable before the watching eyes, and I create in my mind what I don't see around. I am the omnific of my world which is depleted without elaborations. I have seen countless Iranian paintings and miniatures, and perhaps that's where my passion for details come from. Drawing is no job or fun to me, but life: each morning waking up is out of my love to draw, and each night going to sleep is for the sake of my yearning to see new subjects; pen less, paperless, the air does no good to me.

 

Artist Statement
"I condemn"
The upcoming collection is a faint voice of experimental events in my life as an artist who has high perceptual sensitivities and thinks about future inhabitants of the earth as much as those who have lived a bitter and unjust life without justice.
This collection is the result of my deep empathy with the destruction of nature, humanity, and life in fear.
The result of thinking about war and destruction, loss, non-existence, and death.
With fine liners of 0.03 and 0.05, I had the opportunity to delve into details and had the chance to bring my subject out of the black pages of history in every artwork, live it, and give it a new identity.