Manghush
*1988, Iran – lives and works in Osnabrück,
Germany
since 2023 exhibited in Germany and Switzerland
works represented in private collections
Position: Draughtsman of bare existence.
Manghush works primarily in drawing, without narrative or symbolic prescription. His works
emerge from an inward process of contemplation, bringing together inner states and thoughts.
Drawing is not used for illustrative depiction, but to evoke spaces for thought and experience.
Different perspectives and temporal layers coexist, forming dense, dynamic spatial structures.
Precision functions as an ordering principle.
Working Method: Fast, precise, focused.
Manghush develops his works through an immediate drawing process without prior
compositional planning. Within days - sometimes hours - lines, spaces, and pictorial structures
emerge from a state of intense concentration. The works are predominantly executed in black and
white; occasional interventions, such as red pigment or perforations, appear as deliberate,
selective insertions. Drawing and writing operate as parallel fields of practice.
Characteristics: Precise, highly condensed drawings with strong dynamism.
The works present themselves as dense, dynamically organized drawings without a fixed direction
of reading. Architectural and geometric elements - such as stairs, levels, and passages - structure
the pictorial spaces without stabilizing them. Their arrangement produces distinct effects: dark,
highly condensed and driven works alongside lighter, more open drawings with a floating sense
of movement. This spatial pull activates thinking.
Biography
1988 born in Iran with the civil name Mansour Sarrami
since 2015 living in Germany, currently in Osnabruck
2003-2006 secondary education diploma at Honarhaye-Ziba in painting, Isfahan
2006-2008 vocational college degree in painting, Yazd University
2008-2010 Bachelor of Arts in Illustration, University of Mobarakeh
2011-2014 Master of Arts in Painting, University of Arts, Isfahan
2016-2022 Master of Arts in Art & Communication, University of Osnabruck
since 2023 independent artist in main occupation