bio
Iranian American Artist, Joon Tajadod is known for her abstract expressive florals.
Joon was an artist from childhood. Getting lost in art was how she processed the world around her. From the complexities of life, being the first generation born in United States on her father’s side and being bi-racial, Joon uses art to express herself in a way that words never could.
She studied Business Administration at the University of South Florida and found herself in the corporate world soon after. She quickly realized life was too short to not pursue her dreams of being an artist. She spent 5 years teaching herself how to paint. Exploring different mediums and subjects. With relentless determination, she found herself in her work and in 2015 her career as an artist began. Since then her work continues to evolve reflecting her personal growth and journey through life.
Living in Denver, Colorado, Joon often seeks time in the mountains for inspiration. Searching for wild flowers and the abundance of textures and color palettes nature provides. She attributes what she exposes herself to, nurturing her body, and who she surrounds herself with impacting her creative process.
To view her pervious work visit AshleyJoon.com
artist statement
Using acrylic paint, Joon creates abstract florals with a balance of expressive movement, symbolism and interpretation. She dances as she paints using the rhythm of music to guide her brush while pulling imagery from her imagination, photography, and live flowers. She uses music as a tool to channel certain emotions triggering the physicality of her process.
Painting in layers, she juggles between her initial vision of each piece and how the process unfolds in new directions. Through this give and take process an interweaving effect naturally occurs amongst the layers capturing different moments in time. Joon is intentional leaving parts of the past within the final layer, as we all carry our history with our present.
Her connection with flowers runs deep. Some pieces require pulling from specific flowers, while others allow room for more interpretation. Beyond a flower’s natural resiliency and beauty, she's drawn to their cultural significance. All over the world, flowers play a part of tradition and celebration. She’s fascinated learning their different usage, symbolism and significance depending on the region. Joon is also inspired by the life cycle of flowers. How they grow through dirt, endure elements they can’t control, bloom gorgeously yet become more interesting as they age and wilt. She see’s this as a metaphor to life. Naming her floral pieces after women, either creating a character or after someone she’s inspired by, is her way of celebrating feminism.