<h1>Mahsa Attaran - My Heart Is Tight For You</h1><h2>September 5, 2026 - September 30, 2026</h2>Art Walk and Artist reception: Saturday, September 5, 4-7pmExhibition Statement: Formed from love and distance, Mahsa Attaran's exhibitionMy Heart Is Tight For You offers meditations of family, home, andlanguage shaped by life apart from Iran. The details withinMahsa's work linger: the smell of a mother’s cooking, the touch ofa father’s hands, moments that hold both comfort and longing.Persian, with its rhythm and tenderness, runs through the work,carrying meaning that can’t always be translated. These gaps inlanguage echo the experience of living between cultures. In thisspace, art becomes a way to hold grief and love side by side, tohonor resilience, and to celebrate beauty. Each piece asks to beseen and heard, offering presence, tenderness, and connection.Bio: Mahsa is an Iranian-born visual artist and photographer whosework navigates culture, identity, and feminism. A self-taughtphotographer in both fine art and advertising, she works acrossmultimedia and has exhibited internationally, including at theIranian Artists Forum, Iranian Art Museum, and Windsor ArtCenter. Featured in Hyperallergic, Attaran has taught andmentored over 500 students worldwide. She holds an MFA fromthe University of Connecticut and is faculty in the Visual ArtsDepartment at the Loomis Chaffee School.