Nahid Hagigat

I have been an artist all my life. I specialized in doing etchings, which I started in the early 1970s at New York University. I was the first woman to introduce etchings and printmaking to Iranian people, and I had exhibitions in Iran during the 1970s. My etchings are in museums and private collections, and I am very well known in that area. For a very short while, I worked on my own as a textile designer, but the rest of the time I have just done my artwork. I have had many group shows and many single shows, with my latest exhibition being last year in LA. Now I do paintings and drawings. People come to my studio or connect through galleries to purchase my work. I do not do custom work. I paint all day, and through working every day, new things develop. Inspiration comes from my previous works, and I create different, new pieces. One work leads to another.