[tex]tiles 2015
Solo exhibition: Cut From The Same Cloth (yekparche), O Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2020
Solo exhibition: Letters in Space, The National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Kotlin Island (Kronstadt) - St Petersburg, Russia, 2017
Solo exhibition: Something There Was That Must Have Loved a Wall, Pi Artworks Gallery, Istanbul, 2016
Group exhibition: The Fortress Man, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia, 2015-2016
Acrylic sheets, vinyl print, and nails
Dimensions: 160 x 48 x 5 cm
Slected press voices:
Based Istanbul, Something There Was That Must Have Loved a Wall, https://www.basedistanbul.com/en/something-there-was-that-must-have-loved-a-wall-2
Artfulliving, https://www.artfulliving.com.tr/project/2214/farniyaz-zaker
Made in Mind Magazine, https://www.madeinmindmagazine.com/farniyaz-zaker
MA-Mutual Art, https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Farniyaz-Zaker--Something-There-Was-That/3CA953D383078C34
Daugovpilī nūtiks II Storptautyskais tekstilmuokslys simpozejs, https://www.lakuga.lv/2015/11/02/daugovpili-nutiks-ii-storptautyskais-tekstilmuokslys-simpozejs
Words and text play an integral role in Farniyaz Zaker's art practice. She enjoys exploring the similarities between text and textiles to uncover the language of textiles. In tex[tiles], she limited herself to a single syllable, printing "tex" on tiles made of acrylic glass. When viewed together, these "tex" inscriptions form the word "tiles," evoking the concept of textiles. The repetition of "tex" mirrors the structure of knots in woven textiles, where the same knot is repeated over and over until it creates a meaningful pattern. Moreover, the shadows cast by the "tex" and the tiles transform the surface behind them into a textile-like appearance. This work invites the audience to read the words through the materials—acrylic glass tiles and the printed "tex"—and to make connections between text and textiles, fabrics and walls, clothes and architecture, while also bringing awareness to the materiality of words.