Irfan Ajvazi

Mr. Ajvazi graduated in graphic design school from the Great Learning Academy.  Ajvazi has drawn since the age of four and began oil painting, drawing in his early age.  Some key influences to his work include Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud , Fairfield Porter, Alex Katz, with their attention to light and approach in painting an interpretation of realism.  Others include Giorgio Morandi and Edward Hopper with their simplification of form. Ajvazi drew inspiration from the urban landscape, interiors and highway scenes.   Currently Mr. Ajvazi is the curator at Bark Art Space and Bark Projects. His paintings evoke the atmospheric sensations of place.  He intelligently explores his subject matter and presents to the viewer a beautifully crafted scene with a high degree of skill and creativity. He is a painter’s painter with his ability to apply graceful brush strokes which show his love of the materials.    Mr. Ajvazi's work has been included in many gallery exhibitions in New York, London, Rome and Berlin.  “Irfan Ajvazi’s paintings are all about vision.  Realistic but gestural, traditional but quirkily personal, they emphasize his vision."