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Artist Fedra Yazdi

Fedra is a contemporary artist best known for her evocation of identity, resilience, and hauntology. With a professional background in Film and Theater, she utilizes a strong foundation in storytelling and visual composition to bridge personal experience with universal themes of longing.


A self-taught painter, Fedra has spent over two decades developing a distinct visual language. Her practice evolved from early experiments with abstraction into a search for more authentic expression, resulting in the woven time series. Inspired by ancient textiles and cultural memory, this body of work engages with the framework of hauntology to explore how the past persists within the present. Fedra’s work has been exhibited widely across the United States.


Her paintings have been presented in major cities including New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Washington D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, Portland, and San Diego.





"My practice interrogates the weight of displacement and its power to restructure the now. Operating through the lens of hauntology, I investigates the presence of the past as an active, structural force mapping how memory persists within the contemporary moment. I mobilize the visual language of Gabbeh weavings as ancestral motifs for navigating this space. In this framework, My figures act as ciphers rather than individual portraits, archetypes of a lost geography. These fragmented forms float within the linen’s structure, balanced between the order of the geometric boundaries and the emotion of the vibrant plane. Methodologically, the work relies on a rigorous subtractive process. Using acrylic and gouache acrylic on unstretched linen, I build up layers of pigment before sanding the surface down to a smooth, distinct finish. Ultimately, home is a hauntological space, built not of brick, but of the ghostly lines and layered pigments that turn a displaced memory into a permanent image. I secure a physical space for the hauntological presence of the past. My work functions as a material index, proving that while the territory may be lost, the memory persists, anchored within the intense reality of the object."





Tell us a little about yourself (where you are from) and your background in the arts.

I am an Iranian-American Painter. I have background in Theater and Film. I am a self thought painter for the past 2 decades.


What kind of work are you currently making?

I am currently creating a series of ten large-scale paintings on linen for an upcoming solo exhibition titled Notes on Non-Arrival. This body of work explores the experience of displacement through the lens of hauntology, specifically examining a past haunted by the future, and a promised present that never arrived. Through these pieces, I am investigating what it means to live in a constant state of limbo, carrying the weight of displacement while mourning a version of 'now' that never became a reality.


What is a day like in the studio for you?

My studio routine is structured. I’m in the studio Monday through Saturday, starting at 8:30 AM. Because my paintings require an immense amount of detail and a long, layered process, each piece takes at least three to four months to complete. I work on two to three paintings at a time. It keeps me agile and gives me the freedom to test ideas across different surfaces.


Fridays are my designated days for play and recalibration. I step away from the series entirely to engage with other mediums whether that’s collage, small sculptures, or sewing. It’s a vital creative release that feeds back into my primary practice in unexpected ways.


What are you looking at right now and/or reading?

Anni Albers Notebook

The Focus Iranian Textiles by Patricia L. Baker

Interaction of Color by Josef Albers

The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten


Where can we find more of your work? (ex. website/insta/gallery/upcoming shows)

Gallery representation - Buckhead Art & Company











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