Artist PAINTER

Gooji born in north part of Iran in the year 1929. Gooji is her artistic nickname which was given by her baby son “Ali” who was capable of making imaginary names and “Gooji” was just a tone he made up to substitute for MaMa or Mom. In order to keep that sweet memory, she decided to sign under her paintings after the name “Gooji”.  Gooji began painting at age 3 when charcoals of burned woods to her were the pens and wall and pavements were the canvas. She grew up in a poor, dark environment but in her mind, all turned into colors and flowers which later became her strongest obsession towards the beauty of nature. She mastered her own signature style in her paintings to allow each stroke of paint manifest the beauty of nature, happiness and simply advocating the context of a peaceful life within the frame of an artwork. Gooji graduated from Tehran University, faculty of fine arts in the field of embodiment arts. Soon after became a known artist and listed in Gilan contemporary female artist documentary book and gradually expanded her reputation far beyond Iran by exhibiting her works at art museum and galleries overseas. In 2006 Ningbo Museum of Arts was the first official Chinese art organizer that invited her to exhibit her paintings and introduced her as their first contemporary foreign solo female artist. Her last exhibition in China was at Shanghai Art Museum in the year 2016. At age 93, Gooji planned to visit Denmark but due to Covid-19 pandemic, she is in isolation at her home in Iran. There are no further words about her paintings than a cast on her legacy as a true female artist.