ROSITA SARRAF Contemporary Visual Artist | Art Dealer | Collector Istanbul, Turkey | +90 546 428 60 12 | rosita.sarraf@gmail.com ARTIST STATEMENT Rosita Sarraf is a contemporary visual artist whose practice moves between abstract expression and expressive figuration. Working across painting, photo based interventions, and digital media, she explores identity as a constructed and unstable surface. Recurring motifs such as masks and clown like figures function as psychological structures where performance, distortion, and emotional tension intersect. In recent works, she paints directly over photographic images, disrupting the authority of the image and creating a dialogue between reality and manipulation. Her process is driven by gesture, layering, and controlled disruption, reflecting an ongoing investigation into fragmentation, memory, and visual instability. PROFILE Contemporary visual artist with over 15 years of professional experience across the art ecosystem, including exhibitions, private sales, gallery based sales, and sustained collaboration with collectors, galleries, and art dealers in Iran and internationally. Alongside her studio practice, she has worked as an art dealer and collector, developing a strong understanding of market structures, collector relations, curatorial positioning, and the presentation of artworks in both commercial and exhibition contexts. Her visual language is rooted primarily in abstract expression and expressive figuration. Across multiple bodies of work, she engages themes of identity, performance, memory, surface, and emotional fracture through distortion, layering, and gestural mark making. Important series within her practice include Masks and Clowns, paintings on photographic images, and recent digital art explorations. ARTISTIC PRACTICE Primary media include painting, mixed media, photo based interventions, and digital image work. Her practice often begins with an image, figure, or psychological tension that is then disrupted through painterly intervention. The result is a space between representation and erasure, where the image becomes unstable and emotionally charged. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS • 2025 – Group Exhibition, Parsforte, Rome, Italy • 2024 – Group Exhibition, Yafteh Gallery and Yeganeh Gallery, Tehran, Iran • 2024 – Group Exhibition, Yafteh Gallery, Tehran, Iran • 2020 – Group Exhibition, Idea Gallery, Tehran, Iran • 2019 – Collaboration / representation with Negar Art Gallery, Iran • 2019 – Collaboration / representation with Ehsan Art Gallery, Iran • 2019 – Collaboration / representation with Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran • 2018 – Collaboration / representation with Golestan Art Gallery, Iran • 2017 – Donostiartean International Art Night Market, San Sebastian, Spain • 2016 – 2017 – Collaboration / representation with Sayeh Art Gallery, Iran PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Founder, Rosita Art Establishment | 2020 – Present Founded and developed an independent ceramic sculpture and art brand. Managed concept development, production oversight, sales, client communication, and brand presentation. • Diamond Expertise Internship, Dr. Ali Zargar Gemmology Lab | 2022 – 2024 Worked on diamond grading, appraisal, gemological analysis, and client facing support. • Architecture Intern, TDC Office | 2012 – 2013 Contributed to architectural drafting and project support. EDUCATION Architecture Degree, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch CERTIFICATIONS • Polished Diamond Grader – IGI • Identification of Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire – IGI • Gemology Full Course – University of Tehran • Diamond Trading – Talafonoun Institute KEY CAPABILITIES • Contemporary painting and mixed media practice • Abstract expression and expressive figuration • Photo based painting interventions • Digital art and AI assisted image development • Art sales and collector relations • Gallery collaboration and exhibition participation • Contemporary art market knowledge • Jewelry design, gemology, and visual presentation SKILLS • Painting • Mixed Media • Ceramic Sculpture • Photography • Jewelry Design • Matrix Software • AutoCAD LANGUAGES Persian – Native | English – Fluent