A Port Moody artist and sculpting teacher at Coquitlam's Place des Arts has her work on show this month in New York City.
Parvaneh Roudgar is exhibiting six pieces as part of a group display at the Agora Gallery, a space on West 25th Street that highlights contemporary fine art.
Four years ago, Roudgar had been picked by the Chelsea district gallery to showcase her sculptures after winning a contest; however, she did not take part at that time.
Last fall, she contacted the gallery and asked to participate in an upcoming group exhibit - titled Sensorial Perspectives - that ran March 2 to 17. Other artists in that show include Stefano Bertolucci, Karel de Beer, Peter F. Carr and Leon Holmes.
Roudgar's six sculptures now on display are made of patinated terracotta, bronze and fibreglass.
And they are are described by the gallery curator as "visceral and instantaneous with a quiet, contemplative quality.
"These sculptures speak to the constant, gentle rush of time against our lives. Using bold, fearless shapes and forms, Roudgar slices through the commonplace, bringing apparitions of beauty and poetry alive."
Exhibiting on the international scene is nothing new for Roudgar, an Italian immigrant who recently had a show in Tehran. Her next show will be in Russia.
As well, she told The Tri-City News last week, "during the coming year, I will be focusing on a project to install one of my sculptures as an outdoor monument at the corner of Clarke and Barnet Highway in Port Moody."
