Shane Taremi Photography, LLC

STATEMENT

I describe my work as exploratory, whimsical, and surreal. My approach is influenced by works of contemporary architectural-surrealist photographers such as Victor Enrich, Filip Dujardin, and Xavier Delory, and geometrical interplay depicted in works of modern abstract expressionist painters such as Miro, Mondrian, and Kandinsky.

My Ph.D. training as a scientist has shaped my artistic vision, an effect which can be seen in my most recent series, titled Unreal Reality. In these works, an original photograph shot on location is digitally blended with elements taken from the edges of the frame to create a repeating, expanded landscape. By utilizing the Fibonacci-based
sequence of numbers, I produce aesthetically pleasing patterns that build on and reimagine the original image.

The project is a subjective approach to photography favoring perception over seeing. It is meant to re-invent the viewers' relationship with the reality of the world around them. The deviation from the norm of realism are emphasized by these large-scale artworks, depicting urban landscapes containing spaces with vast perspectives where buildings
soar above the human scale and architectural elements unique to each location produce one of a kind geometric pattern.

What drives me as an artist to produce these artworks is the exploratory nature of the process itself. The journey from an initial scouting and the discovery of an ordinary location that could be considered mundane to crafting a whole new surreal urban landscape, re-constructed entirely from the elements confined within the original frame.

BIO

Shane Taremi is an Iranian-American photographer and digital artist based in Boston. In 1977 Tehran, Iran, prior to the revolution, he received his first camera and thus began his artistic journey, documenting Iranians’ ordinary lifestyle before and after selfimposed turmoil. Following a thirty-year scientific career in United States, he has now recommitted to his artistic practice and currently serves as a co-founder, curator, and
resident artist at several gallery spaces in Cambridge, MA. Celebrating urban landscapes, he reconstructs these subjects captured through his camera lens and uses the Fibonacci sequence to aesthetically guide the coloration, patterns and compositions of his artwork, combining his scientific and artistic backgrounds.

EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS

Solo Exhibition
2017 - Nov 17-19 - Hatch Street Open Studios, New Bedford, MA,
2018 - Nov 16-19 - Hatch Street Open Studios, New Bedford, MA
2019 - Nov 16-21 - Hatch Street Open Studios, New Bedford, MA
2020 - July 27 - Sept 1 - Art Focus Gallery, Ipswich, MA

Group Exhibition
2019 - May 16-20 - Jury-selected artist, The Other Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019-2020 - 10 Essex Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2020 - Kathryn Schultz Gallery, "2020 Members Prize Show" (juror Lisa Crossman), Cambridge Art Association, MA
2020 - Apr 2-May 31 - “Touchy Feely” organized by Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2020 - Oct 2-12 - Happenstance International Art Expo, Scarborough Arts Foundation, UK
2020 - Oct 3-Dec 31 - Cambridge Art Open Studios, Cambridge, MA
2020 - Nov 4–Dec 17 - Kathryn Schultz Gallery, "RED" (juror Layla Bermeo, Curator@MFA), Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA

Corporate commissions – Large scale (>60 inches long) permanent installations:
2020 - Three in the lobby, TScan Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
2020 - One in the conference room, MITIMco, Cambridge, MA
2021 - One in the conference room, Davis Companies, Boston, MA
2021 - One in the reception room, Capital One, Cambridge, MA
2021 - One in the Lobby, Ryder’s beachfront residential complex, Revere, MA
2021 - One in the lobby, Millstreet Capital Partners, Boston, MA

EDUCATION

1988 - Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Connecticut, CT
1990-2018 - Senior Principal Scientist/Director, Merck, NJ, PA, MA
1990-2019 - Self-taught portrait/cityscape photographer
1990-2019 - Self-taught digital artist

AWARDS

2019 - Finalist, Storefront Design Contest, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA
2019 - Selected poster design finalist for United Nations’ Culture and Sustainable Development, New York, NY
2019 - Honorable Mention, Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, New York, NY
2020 - Selected finalist, Getting Around Cambridge Photo Contest, 2020 Magazine edition, Cambridge, MA
2020 - May - Ten Unreal Reality artworks published in 2 issues of Under the Bridge Magazine (www.UTB.magazine.com)
2020 – September - Artist of the Month, ArtJobs International Competition, Winning series: Unreal Reality-Fashion Edition
2020 – October - Second Place Award, Online Group Exhibition, Patterns Art Show, Grey Cube Gallery
2020 – November - Jurors’ Picks of Selected Artists in the 35th Chelsea International’s Fine Arts Competition - Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2021 – March - Winner of the group-juried 2021 “ALL Cityscape” Photography/Digital Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990-2018 - Senior Principal Scientist/Director, Merck, NJ, PA, MA
2015-2018 - Organizer and participating photographer, Gallery for Charity, photography
exhibition, Merck, Boston,
2015-2018 - Founding member of SnAP (Scientist now As Photographers), Merck, Boston, MA
2019-2020 - Founder, curator and resident artist at 10 Essex Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2021 - Embrace Creatives - represented artist
2019-2021 - Saatchi Art-represented artist
2020-2021 - BostonArt Inc-represented artist

TAGS

Digital artist, surreal cityscapes, Fibonacci inspired digital art, large-scale prints and installation, architectural photography