Mohadese Movahed: The Burden of Street
Tue, Apr 1, 2025 to Mon, Jun 23, 2025 @ Estevan Art Gallery & Museum
Community: Estevan Art Gallery & Museum

The Burden of Street brings together paintings that depict contradictory compositions to provide distinct visual experiences while exploring the complexities of our surrounding built environment. The element of the wall plays a significant role in this body of work as public sites for dwellers to engage with the political and social fabric of society. These paintings aim to explore the dichotomy of walls as both tools of control and platforms for resistance. They delve into how authorities use these walls to impose their ideologies and values upon the people, while also emphasizing the agency of dissidents who transform these spaces into channels of protest and expression. A diverse range of artistic techniques and mediums, including collage, painting, drawing, and graffiti, are used to create satirical and ironic situations that reference the deep dualities, disparities, and hypocrisies inherent in ruling systems.
Iranian born visual artist, Mohadese Movahed focuses on painting in her studio practice. She graduated with a Bachelor of painting degree from the University of Science and Culture (USC) in Tehran and an MFA from the University of Regina, SK, Canada in 2020. Currently based in Vancouver, Movahed has exhibited her work nationally, internationally and is a recipient of Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.
Exhibitions
- Tue, Apr 1, 2025 to Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at the Estevan Art Gallery & Museum - Estevan, SK.
- Wed, Oct 1, 2025 to Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at the Sherven-Smith Art Gallery - Melfort, SK.
- Thu, Jan 1, 2026 to Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at the Biggar Museum and Gallery - Biggar, SK.
- Sun, Mar 1, 2026 to Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at the Gallery Works and The Third Dimension - Melville, SK.
- Fri, May 1, 2026 to Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at the Grand Coteau Heritage and Cultural Centre - Shaunavon, SK.
- Wed, Jul 1, 2026 to Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at the Humboldt and District Gallery - Humboldt, SK.
- Tue, Sep 1, 2026 to Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at the Council Chambers, Leader Town Office - Leader, SK.
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 to Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at the Tisdale Community Library - Tisdale, SK.
- Sun, Nov 1, 2026 to Wed, Dec 23, 2026 at the Community pARTners Gallery - Yorkton, SK.
- Mon, Mar 1, 2027 to Tue, Mar 23, 2027 at the Gallery on 3rd - Watrous, SK.
- Sat, May 1, 2027 to Wed, Jun 23, 2027 at the Station Arts Centre Cooperative - Rosthern, SK.
- Thu, Jul 1, 2027 to Mon, Aug 23, 2027 at the John V. Hicks Gallery at the Margo Fournier Arts Centre - Prince Albert, SK.