About the Artist

Acrylic on canvas · Emotions that overcome cultural demarcations

Farangis Idelchi is a Swedish-Iranian painter working in acrylic on canvas. Her work explores emotions born from displacement and belonging — the experience of leaving one world and building another, rendered in gestural forms that pull light from dark grounds.

Born in Iran, Farangis studied at a private art school in Tehran from 1982 to 1986. In 1987, she fled Iran and arrived in Sweden. After months in refugee camps, she settled first in Torsby, then Gothenburg — chosen so she could continue her art education.

While raising two sons alone as a single mother, she pursued her studies with determination: Kyrkeruds folkhögskola in Årjäng (1991–93), Dômens konstskola in Göteborg (1993–96), and Konsthögskolan Valand (2001–02) — Gothenburg's premier art academy.

As an exiled painter, she conveys feelings that overcome cultural demarcations — emotions rooted in experiences from her native land, expressed through a visual language that speaks across borders.

Farangis Idelchi

Her work has been exhibited internationally since 1992, including the Florence Biennale (2009), Museum Castello Estense in Ferrara, Italy (2011), and galleries across Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands. Many of her paintings are held in private collections in Sweden, Switzerland, and Italy.

Exhibitions

  • 2015 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2014 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2013 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2012 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2011 — Museum Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy
  • 2011 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2011 — Kulturrum, collective exhibition, Partille
  • 2011 — Slottet, collective exhibition, Partille Herrgård
  • 2010 — Konstmånad Ameland, Holland
  • 2010 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2009 — Florence Biennale, Italy
  • 2009 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2008 — Galleri Lundgård, Norway
  • 2008 — Bokenäs Konsthall, Malmö
  • 2008 — Galleri ENGgården, Henån
  • 2007 — ENGgården Galleri, Henån
  • 2007 — Jubileumsutställningsprojektet
  • 2006 — Konstmånad Ameland, separate exhibition, Reformed Church, Holland
  • 2006 — Art Galleri, collective exhibition, Stockholm
  • 2006 — Galleri Cosmopolitan, collective exhibition
  • 2006 — Galleri KC Väst, exhibition for members
  • 2005 — Sjömanskyrkan, collective exhibition, Fifty-Fifty
  • 2005 — Stadsmuseets Torg, collective exhibition, Fifty-Fifty
  • 2004 — Bohus Galleriet, Uddevalla
  • 2004 — Stadsbiblioteket, collective exhibition, Fifty-Fifty
  • 2004 — Galleri Cosmopolitan
  • 2003 — Folkets Hus, Göteborg, Sedeh kväll
  • 2002 — Konsthallen, Göteborg, collective exhibition
  • 2002 — Konsert och Konst för fred i Palestina, Oskar Fredriks Kyrka
  • 2002 — Galleri Cosmopolitan
  • 2002 — Bohus Galleriet, Uddevalla
  • 2002 — Galleri Rotor, collective exhibition
  • 2001 — Galleri Cosmopolitan, Konst i stort format, collective exhibition
  • 2001 — Kvinnofolkhögskolan, Kvinnodagen, 8 mars
  • 2001 — Café Ängeln, En kväll med poesi, musik och konst
  • 2000 — Galleri Cosmopolitan
  • 2000 — Partille Bibliotek, En dag en tavla, 8 mars
  • 1999 — Röda Sten, separate exhibition, Göteborg
  • 1998 — Galleri Cosmopolitan, separate exhibition
  • 1996 — Fryshuset, Göteborg, KAOTISMOS, international exhibition
  • 1995 — Partille Bibliotek
  • 1993 — Café Broms, Årjäng
  • 1992 — Galleri K, Arvika

Projects

  • 2003–2004 — Projekt Lexby, Futurum — public art commission
  • 2003 — Sedeh kväll, Sveriges Zoroastriska Förening, Folkets Hus, Göteborg
  • 2002 — Konsert och Konst för fred i Palestina, Oskar Fredriks Kyrka
  • 1999 — Den emotionella tyngden, Röda Sten
  • 1996 — Project leader, KAOTISMOS — international art project

Press

  • 2000 — Göteborgs-Posten, 8 September
  • 1999 — Göteborgs-Posten, 15 August
  • 1999 — Metro, 13 August

Education

  • 2001–2002 — Konsthögskolan Valand, Göteborg
  • 1993–1996 — Dômens konstskola, Göteborg
  • 1991–1993 — Kyrkeruds folkhögskola, Bild&Form, Årjäng
  • 1982–1986 — Private art school, Tehran