Gol'art
My life as a scientist ...
For all the years of my professional life, I studied and worked as a polymer chemist; from my hometown in northern Iran to Tehran, and then years later from Tehran to Norway, to Switzerland, and to the USA. From an engineer, to a PhD and then to a research scholar.
St. Moritz, Switzerland,
The artwork, "Il Guot" Romansh for «the drop», by Timo Lindner.
Growth ...
Along my academic life, I started painting first when I moved to Switzerland, when I began analyzing my feelings more seriously, observing things around me more carefully, and connecting with my inner self. In that sense, I had a turning point in Switzerland for which I am always grateful.
Science and art!
In the past few years my research focus has been on colors, physics of light, light interaction with matter, and color-changing in materials, and this has only made me more engaged with "the world of colors". Regular working with microscopes on micro/nano materials has made my eyes curious to find and capture certain features, patterns, textures, and order/disorder when looking at things around me. In a way, science inspires my art, and art fuels my science. Now, I enjoy combining science and art to create images in which everyone can see their own story, sometimes similar, and sometimes far different from one another.
Golnaz Isapour
Born in Iran
Based in Switzerland