Darya Fard
Quadrivial Poetry
2025 Edge Award Exhibition
Darya Fard, Quadrivial Poetry (detail)
Quadrivial Poetry
Exhibition Dates: March 27 - May 1
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 27, 6 - 9 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 19, 3 PM
The Swan Coach House Gallery is pleased to present the 2025 Edge Award exhibition featuring winner, Darya Fard. Fard’s exhibition, Quadrivial Poetry, a show of printmaking, painting, and video installation opens Thursday, March 27.
“My current body of work consists of polygonal, two and three-dimensional installations that explore phenomenology, intentionality, spirituality, and consciousness. By layering diverse mediums, I create immersive, atmospheric spaces that symbolize the universe’s cyclical rhythm, inviting viewers to engage with their sensations and experience flow.
Utilizing unconventional techniques on alternative surfaces, I construct spaces imbued with mystery, encouraging exploration of the fluid connections between the material and spiritual worlds. In creating my multi-media installations, I embrace metamorphosis and an intentionally unpredictable art-making process that becomes an exercise in surrendering control.
At its core, my practice, influenced by Moorish design, explores the interplay between structure and power in relation to natural hegemony and chance. In doing so, it offers reflections on the complexities of chaos and the possibilities that emerge within it.”
- Darya Fard
Darya Fard
Darya Fard is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in Printmaking and Painting. Her work explores spiritual inquiry through mathematically structured forms, investigating universal intelligence. She is particularly interested in the intersection of visual art and time-based media, drawing inspiration from Persian literature and poetry, mythology, psychology, scientific studies, Moorish design, and natural phenomena.
Darya holds an MFA in Printmaking from Georgia State University in Atlanta, as well as a BFA and a first MFA in Painting from Tehran, Iran. Following her graduation, she continued teaching at GSU as a Visiting Lecturer. She has actively exhibited her work in solo, invitational, juried, and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her work has been featured in magazines like Atiba9 magazine, ArtsATL, Voyage Magazine, Bold Journey, and CanvasRebel. Her work is also featured on the cover of Technocreep & the Politics of Things Not Seen.
Darya has received multiple awards for artistic excellence, including the Edge Award and MFA Emerging Artist of Georgia Award. She has also been selected for prestigious residency programs such as the Atlanta Midtown Alliance Art Residency Program and the Hambidge Art Residency Program. Additionally, she has collaborated with Dashboard Organization’s Shine Project as a featured artist.
In her studio practice and recent installations, she employs a diverse range of printmaking, painting, and mixed-media techniques, including lithography, intaglio, silkscreen, woodcut/linocut, monoprint, and alternative photographic processes. She integrates these traditional methods with time-based media such as video, sound, and dance, creating immersive and interdisciplinary works.
Edge Award Finalists Antonio Darden, Wihro Kim, Jackson Markovic, and Marinelly Piñango will also present a work as part of the award exhibition.
The Edge Award is a juried prize given annually by the Forward Arts Foundation (FAF) since 2000. The panel awards an early-career or under-recognized artist in the greater Atlanta area with a $10,000 cash prize, two-week Hambidge Center residency, and solo exhibition at the Swan Coach House Gallery. The voting panel is composed of an independent panel of Atlanta-area artists, educators, and administrators.
FAF is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the visual arts in Atlanta. Founded in 1965, FAF supports cultural programming and individual artists through grants and a variety of programs.
The exhibition is sponsored by Betty and Bob Edge.