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left:5px; top:6px; bottom:6px; width:1px; background:linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, var(--gold-soft) 8%, var(--gold-soft) 92%, transparent);}\n\n  @media (max-width:860px){\n    .nahid-about .wrap{padding:0 24px;}\n    .nahid-about .story-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr; gap:40px;}\n    .nahid-about .hero{padding:70px 0 60px;}\n    .nahid-about .t-row{grid-template-columns:1fr;}\n    .nahid-about .t-year{margin-bottom:2px;}\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<section class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"wrap hero-inner fade in\">\n    <span class=\"eyebrow\">About the Artist<\/span>\n    <h1>Nahid<br>Kaka<\/h1>\n    <svg class=\"brush\" width=\"220\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 220 14\" fill=\"none\">\n      <path d=\"M2 9 C40 2 70 12 110 6 C150 0 180 11 218 5\" stroke=\"#bd9a63\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\n    <\/svg>\n    \n    <p>Nahid Kaka is a painter based in Iran, working in vibrant color and unrestrained line to translate emotion onto canvas  often before she has the words for it herself.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"story\">\n  <div class=\"wrap story-grid\">\n    <div class=\"fade\">\n      <span class=\"eyebrow\">The Artist<\/span>\n      <h2>A life shaped<br>by color<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"story-copy fade\">\n      <p>Born in 1996 in Yazd, Iran, Nahid found in painting a language for feelings she couldn't otherwise explain \u2014 and she has been speaking it ever since.<\/p>\n      <p>\"I, Nahid Kaka, have had no attachment to anything other than painting for years. \nWhy? I do not know, specially in this day and age when it seems that every thing that should have been done, has already happened in painting. \nBut I, who was born on this plateau, born in Yazd and living in Tehran these days, see myself at the beginning of painting's path. Nature and all that it includes call me to paint . Painting has possesed me and i am in chain\"<\/p>\n      <p>She studied painting formally at Yazd University, graduating in 2019 with a Bachelor's degree in Painting \u2014 a foundation she has built on ever since, through solo and group exhibitions across Iran, Spain, France, and the United States.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"facts\">\n        <div><div class=\"num\">1996<\/div><div class=\"label\">Born, Yazd, Iran<\/div><\/div>\n        <div><div class=\"num\">2019<\/div><div class=\"label\">B.A. Painting, Yazd University<\/div><\/div>\n        <div><div class=\"num\">7+<\/div><div class=\"label\">Exhibitions since 2018<\/div><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"quote\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <span class=\"quote-mark\">\"<\/span>\n    <blockquote class=\"fade\">When I paint outside, I stop overthinking and just become part of what I'm creating.<\/blockquote>\n    <div class=\"quote-attr\">\u2014 Nahid Kaka<\/div>\n    <p class=\"quote-sub fade\">Much of her work begins outdoors. Painting in nature means giving up control \u2014 the light shifts, the moment won't hold still \u2014 and it's in that surrender, she says, that her truest paintings appear.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"journey\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"journey-head fade\">\n      <span class=\"eyebrow\">Exhibitions & Shows<\/span>\n      <h2>The journey so far<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"timeline fade\">\n      <div class=\"t-line\"><\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"t-item\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2018<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Ganjine Honar Art Exhibition<\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">Yazd, Iran<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"t-item\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2019<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Azadi Tower Art Exhibition<\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">Tehran, Iran<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"t-item\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2021<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Atashzad Art Gallery \u2014 Meraj Exhibition<\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">Tehran, Iran<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"t-item\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2022<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Pinelo Art Gallery<\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">New York, USA<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"t-item\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2023<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Art Nou Millenni Gallery<\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">Barcelona, Spain<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"t-item solo\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2024<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Sales Gallery <span class=\"t-tag\">Solo Exhibition<\/span><\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">Tehran, Iran<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"t-item solo\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2025<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Asr Art Gallery <span class=\"t-tag\">Solo Exhibition<\/span><\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">Tehran, Iran<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"t-item\">\n        <div class=\"t-dot\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-row\"><div class=\"t-year\">2025<\/div>\n          <div><div class=\"t-title\">Simine Paris Online Exhibition<\/div><div class=\"t-loc\">Paris, France<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<script>\n(function(){\n  var els = document.querySelectorAll('.nahid-about .fade');\n  if ('IntersectionObserver' in window && !window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches){\n    var io = new IntersectionObserver(function(entries){\n      entries.forEach(function(e){ if(e.isIntersecting){ e.target.classList.add('in'); io.unobserve(e.target);} });\n    }, {threshold:0.15});\n    els.forEach(function(el){ io.observe(el); });\n  } else {\n    els.forEach(function(el){ el.classList.add('in'); });\n  }\n})();\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Artist NahidKaka Nahid Kaka is a painter based in Iran, working in vibrant color and unrestrained line to translate emotion onto canvas often before<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nahidkaka.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}