Becky Yazdan's paintings tell a story. They are based on things she sees, reads about, and watches on TV, as well as memories of events, feelings and colors – the pink of her favorite childhood bathing suit, the first time she told a lie. Color, form and pattern combine to become conversations, expressions, and events. When she paints, she tries to find the balance between intuition and intellect, so that the process of painting becomes an active dialogue with the phenomena of nature. By not dictating the end result, she is receptive to a deeper understanding of the world around her. The paintings are like dreams – the events of the day reorganized and combined with other events and memories until a new, often surprising, reality has taken shape.

Becky Yazdan received her MFA in 2005 from New York Studio School where she studied with Bill Jensen, Charles Cajori and Graham Nickson. She was the recipient of the Hohenberg Travel Award, the Nora Speyer Scholarship, the Emma Strain Award, and was awarded Best in Show for her painting included in Viewpoints 2017, juried by Karen Wilkin.

Recent shows include solo shows at Giampietro Gallery in New Haven, CT and One River School in Englewood, NJ, and group shows at the Painting Center and Centotto. Her work has been featured by Two Coats of Paint, Gorky’s Granddaughter, Studio Critical and ApartmentTherapy.com.

“The canvases of Becky Yazdan conjure the interior world of personal memories, which she evokes without illustrating specific details. The Brooklyn-based artist creates layered compositions based on subject matter from her daily life: books, TV shows, dreams, and past experiences. She works by combining color, form, and pattern, both intuitively and intentionally, digging up sensations as intangible as the first time she told a lie or the color of a beloved childhood bathing suit. "The paintings are like dreams,’ Yazdan has said of her work. ‘The events of the day reorganized and combined with other eventsand memories until a new, often surprising, reality has taken shape.’” —Artsy