Mahsa Attaran - My Heart Is Tight For You

Mahsa Attaran - My Heart Is Tight For You September 5, 2026 - September 30, 2026 Art Walk and Artist reception: Saturday, September 5, 4-7pm Exhibition Statement: Formed from love and distance, Mahsa Attaran's exhibition My Heart Is Tight For You offers meditations of family, home, and language shaped by life apart from Iran. The details within Mahsa's work linger: the smell of a mother’s cooking, the touch of a father’s hands, moments that hold both comfort and longing. Persian, with its rhythm and tenderness, runs through the work, carrying meaning that can’t always be translated. These gaps in language echo the experience of living between cultures. In this space, art becomes a way to hold grief and love side by side, to honor resilience, and to celebrate beauty. Each piece asks to be seen and heard, offering presence, tenderness, and connection. Bio: Mahsa is an Iranian-born visual artist and photographer whose work navigates culture, identity, and feminism. A self-taught photographer in both fine art and advertising, she works across multimedia and has exhibited internationally, including at the Iranian Artists Forum, Iranian Art Museum, and Windsor Art Center. Featured in Hyperallergic, Attaran has taught and mentored over 500 students worldwide. She holds an MFA from the University of Connecticut and is faculty in the Visual Arts Department at the Loomis Chaffee School.