Katayoun Pasban Dowlatshahi is an Iranian-born British artist working in contemporary photographic art, architectural glass and time based media. Trained in Edinburgh, Winchester and Barcelona, she now has a growing portfolio in the realm of public art. Her practice is informed by sacred and contemporary architecture, subtle ambiguities of light and by environmental factors. Katayoun’s substantial body of work includes: ‘The Garden of Eden: Fruits of Desire’ commissioned by Fotofeis for their International Biennial of Photographic art; ‘Internal Realms: External Spaces’ produced from her year as Durham Cathedral Artist in Residence, and subsequently premiered in the United States at Fotoseptiembre - International Biennial of Photographic Art.
In public commissions she places a great deal of importance on context, current affairs and historical research, therefore the visual content and outcome for each project and commission is often dependent on these local factors. Her public commissions include permanent art works for local government offices, Waterways in Scotland, working as lead artist on a swimming pool project in Northumberland, and with British Land on a public sculpture in Cambridge. She recently completed ‘The Exeter Traceries’ for the Princesshay development in the centre of Exeter. This series of six glass panels or ‘windows’ installed on the façade of a glazed pavilion building feature references to the city’s medieval architecture and its subterranean aqueducts.
For further information about individual art works and commissions, processes employed and professional experience, please download the following PDF files. You can either download the CV on its own or as part of a 32 page catalogue with images.
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