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Soraya Sharghi: Sculpture and Painting in ParisCEFR A1

7 Dec 2025

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Adapted from Omid Memarian, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0

Photo by ling feng, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
85 words
  • Soraya Sharghi is a contemporary artist from Tehran.
  • She presented a show in Paris during Art Basel week.
  • The exhibition gathered bronze, ceramic and painting works together.
  • All works were shown in a single immersive space.
  • She often uses clay and hand-painted glazes.
  • Sharghi makes hybrid figures and ceramic guardians by hand.
  • Her large ceramics come from firing and natural cracking.
  • She says imagination was a refuge while growing up.
  • She studied art in San Francisco.
  • She now lives and works in New York.

Difficult words

  • contemporary — modern and from the present time
  • exhibition — a public show of art
  • bronze — a metal often used for sculptures
  • ceramic — objects made from fired clay
    ceramics
  • immersive — surrounding and involving the viewer
  • clay — soft earth used to make pottery
  • imagination — the ability to make images in the mind
  • refuge — a safe place or protection from danger

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Discussion questions

  • Do you like art exhibitions?
  • Have you ever used clay?
  • Which city would you like to visit: Paris or New York?

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