Ali Ghorbanian is a visual artist whose work is rooted in quiet observation, repetition, and the poetics of the everyday. Through meticulous line drawings and soft pastel compositions, he explores themes of memory, stillness, and belonging. His subjects — often trees, interiors, or seemingly mundane spaces — are rendered with care and restraint, revealing a deeper emotional landscape beneath their surface simplicity.
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Ghorbanian’s practice is shaped by a sensitivity to silence and time. Whether through the meditative repetition of ink lines or the delicate layering of pastel dust, his artworks create spaces for reflection. Each image invites viewers to pause — to inhabit a moment, a form, or a fragment of life that might otherwise be overlooked.
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His collections, such as The Pines and Everyday Life, reflect a deep engagement with transience and place. Trees become distant observers; familiar rooms take on the weight of memory. With a minimal yet expressive visual language, Ghorbanian captures the intangible — a sense of nostalgia, the texture of solitude, the quiet residue of time passing.
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At the heart of his work is a search for meaning in what is often left unsaid. Through line and light, he creates a world where absence speaks, and where the ordinary becomes a portal into the poetic.
Collection:
Everyday Life
In Everyday Life, the artist turns their attention to the quiet, often unnoticed corners of daily existence. Through soft chalk pastels and muted tones, this collection captures spaces touched by time — spaces that feel worn, weathered, and familiar, yet somehow distant. These are not grand narratives or dramatic moments, but traces of lived experience, steeped in silence.
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The works evoke a delicate atmosphere where memory clings to surfaces — walls, floors, furniture — like a faint echo. There is a presence in absence, a weight in the stillness. Each piece reflects a search for belonging, a sense of home or rootedness, even when its meaning remains undefined or just out of reach.
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What emerges is a visual language of quietude and reflection. The faded textures, the subdued palette, and the gentle layering of color all suggest a world suspended — a contemplative space where time slows and the ordinary becomes poetic.
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Everyday Life invites viewers to look again at what surrounds them. In doing so, it transforms the mundane into something quietly sacred — a place where nostalgia, decay, and beauty coexist in fragile harmony.
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Collection:
The Pines
In this collection, the artist turns their gaze toward the pine tree — a recurring yet often overlooked presence within the urban environment. With its tall, narrow, and sometimes fragmented form, the pine becomes a symbol of quiet resilience and subtle estrangement. It stands not only as a botanical subject but as a witness — observing the city and its inhabitants from a still, watchful distance.
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Created over the span of a year and a half, these works are the result of deep contemplation and sustained observation. Through the repetitive act of drawing, the artist engages in a visual meditation, using fine lines and minimal color to explore the rhythm and fragility of the tree’s form. The result is a series of images that straddle the boundary between representation and introspection.
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Each piece in the series reflects a search — not for realism, but for a distinct visual language shaped by line, texture, and silence. The trees depicted are less about the natural world and more about perception, memory, and presence. They do not simply fill the page; they invite the viewer into a slower, more attentive mode of seeing.
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