Negin Mahzoun is a New York–based artist working at the intersection of photography, textile, and sculptural installation. Her practice investigates how bodies are shaped, disciplined, and reconstituted through material processes that echo social inscription.
Beginning with photographic self-portraits printed onto linen, treated as a second skin, Mahzoun incorporates textiles drawn from her daily life, including worn garments that have physically touched the body. These materials function as surfaces of proximity, carrying traces of duration, contact, and embodied memory.
Through sustained manual intervention, the image is partially obscured and structurally altered. Thread pierces, sutures, and constrains the surface, transforming the photograph into a site of tension between visibility and concealment. The resulting works often operate at an intimate scale, compelling close physical encounter and resisting spectacle. Rather than narrating specific events, she focuses on how repetition and internalized expectations leave physical and psychological marks over time. The needle operates simultaneously as an instrument of incision and repair, blurring the boundary between restraint and care.
In recent works, her practice is expanding toward larger-scale and spatial configurations, extending acts of sewing beyond the surface and into the surrounding environment. Through this shift, textile becomes not only support but structure, an active membrane negotiating between body and space. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions, art fairs, international festivals, and biennials.
Education
2020 - MFA in Studio Art, The City College of New York.
Studio
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Manhattan, New York