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Aloma
Treister
Artist

Ancestry

This series focuses on Aloma's ancestry. Growing up in the Middle East, one is engulfed in geometric shapes and patterns. Treister has borrowed these and integrated them into her paintings and collages of distant relatives and kin.

Paintings

Jewish Heritage, Islamic culture.

These works explore familiar patterns Aloma observed while growing up in Iran. They are adapted, and made her own.

Chine. 1999.

60 x 60 cm
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

Presence. 1999.

120 x 120 cm
Acrylic on Board

Disc I_edited.jpg

Disc I. 1999.

115 cm diameter
Acrylic on Canvas on Board

Disc II.jpg

Disc II. 1999.

115 cm diameter
Acrylic on Canvas on Board

Yellow Octagon.jpg

Yellow Octagon. 1998.

60 x 60 cm
Acrylic on Gauze on Board

Turquoise Flower.jpg

Turquoise Flower. 1998.

60 x 60 cm
Acrylic o Gauze on Board

Chine. 1999.

60 x 60 cm
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

Middle Text.jpg

Middle Text. 2000.

100 x 100 cm
Acrylic on Board

Saffron. 2006.

100 x 100 cm
Oil on Canvas

Red Maya.jpg

Red Maya. 2002.

122 x 122 cm
Oil on Canvas

Tiles. 1998.

Each tile 30 x 30 cm
Acrylic on Canvas on Board with
Printed Perspex

Many Octagons-1.jpg

Many Octagons. 1998.

192 x 42 cm
Acrylic on Canvas on Board

Laceworks. 1999.

122 x 122 cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Dust. 2006.

100 x 100 cm
Oil on Canvas

Behind the Moon-1.jpg

Behind the Moon. 2006.

100 x 100 cm
Oil on Canvas.

Genesis. 2002.

76 x 137cm
Oil on Canvas

Works on paper

I discovered “The Scribe” Journal of Babylonian Jewry published in the UK This covered subjects relating to Jews of Iraqi origin and several photos. I started using these images, cutting, pasting and overlayin them with patterns on paper.

Psalm of David.jpg

Psalm of David. 1990.

27 x 45 cm

Pastel, PVC and acrylic on Paper

White Waterweed

White Waterweed. 2004

41 cm x 29 cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

The Feast-1.jpg

The Feast. 2004

54 x 30 cm.
Mixed Media on Paper

Oval Screen

Oval Screen. 2004

40 x 20cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Oak. 2004.

37 x 20cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Mathalon

Mathalon. 2004.

44 x 31cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Hamadan. 2004.

40 x 27cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Filigree I.jpg

Filigree I. 2004.

43 x 26 cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Filigree 2

Filigree 2. 2004.

42 x 26cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Dowery. 2004.

41 x 29cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image p.13.jpg

Baghdad Image Page 13. 2013.

42 x 30cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Album 11

Baghdad Album Page 11. 2013.

42 x 30cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image 1.jpg

Baghdad Image 1. 2003.

40 x 28cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image 3.jpg

Baghdad Image 3. 2003.

40 x 27cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image 4.jpg

Baghdad Image 4. 2003.

40 x 26cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image 5.jpg

Baghdad Image 5. 2004.

42 x 29cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image 7.jpg

Baghdad Image 7. 2003.

42 x 30cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image 11.jpg

Baghdad Image 11. 2003.

40 x 28 cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Ancestry. 2004.

39 x 28cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Aboudi Clan.jpg

Aboudi Clan. 2002.

133 x 77cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Ancestors & Kin 4-1.jpg

Ancestors & Kin 4. 2002.

32 x 32cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Baghdad Image 12_edited.jpg

Baghdad Image Page 12. 2003.

40 x 27cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Identity '03.jpg

Identity. 2003.

100 x 100cm
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Patterns and Digital Prints

Golestan. 2004

Size on application.
Digital Print

Baghdad Wedding

Baghdad Wedding 1879. 2004.

Size on Application.
Digital Print

Palace I.jpg

Palace I. 2004.

85 x 54 cm
Digital Print. Acrylic and Ink on Paper

Palace II.jpg

Palace II. 2004.

85 x 54 cm
Digital Print. Acrylic and Ink on Paper

David Sassoon and-1.jpg

David Sassoon and Family. 2002.

85 x 58cm.
Mixed Media Collage on Paper

Veils Triptich.jpg

Veils Triptich. 2004.

48 x 200cm
Monoprint and Collage on Paper

Seven Veils I.jpg

Seven Veils I. 2004.

49 x 38cm
Screen Print. Acrylic on Paper

Seven Veils II.jpg

Seven Veils II. 2004.

49 x 38cm
Screen Print. Acrylic on Paper

Seven Veils V.jpg

Seven Veils V.jpg

Seven Veils VI.jpg

Seven Veils VI. 2004.

50 x 40cm
Screen Print. Acrylic on Paper

Seven Veils IV.jpg

Seven Veils IV. 2004.

49 x 38cm
Screen Print. Acrylic on Paper

Seven Veils VII.jpg

Seven Veils VII. 2004.

49 x 38cm
Screen Print. Acrylic on Paper

Tongue Tied Muse_edited.jpg

Tongue Tied Muse. 2003.

98 x 75cm
Acrylic on Paper with Drafting Film Overlay.

Gentle Flood.jpg

Gentle Flood. 2003.

98 x 75cm
Acrylic on Paper with Drafting Overlay

Feast of Love.jpg

Feast of Love. 2003.

107 x 97cm.
Acrylic on Paper with Drafting Film Overlay

Cel-Este. 2003.

111 x 78cm
Water Colour on Paper with Drafting Film Overlay

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