Coquitlam’s Elmira Habibullah has got a lot on her plate these days.
Last Thursday the emerging artist opened her first solo show, titled Grasping the Moment, at the Port Moody Arts Centre, the St. Johns Street venue that last year awarded her one of two Kwi Am Choi scholarships worth $2,000.
And on Friday, Habibullah graduates with her BFA from Simon Fraser University, seven years after she and her family emigrated from Iran where she was a university graduate in the field of geology.
This fall, Habibullah pursues yet another degree: her master’s in communications, also from SFU.
A former program co-ordinator at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam, Habibullah created her 15-piece exhibit with strong Persian and Turkish influences, relying on traditional forms of architecture and design as well as broken ceramic fragments to demonstrate her new cultural identity.
Grasping the Moment – along with Clay Explorations 2018 (Fraser Valley Potters Guild) and Laces of Community (Yandy Chau, Kwi Am Choi scholarship winner) — are on display until July 5.
Call 604-939-2008 or visit pomoarts.ca.
