Save the Date | Opening Reception!
Join us on January 3rd to celebrate the first solo exhibition of 2026.
We are delighted to announce Longview Gallery’s first solo exhibition of 2026, taking place in January & February. It is titled “The Silence Between” by Moones Zeydabadi.
Moones Zeydabadi is an Iranian visual artist with an MFA in Painting from the University of Delaware whose work explores the human condition through subtle psychological states, intimate gestures, and quiet moments of endurance.
Zeydabadi often paints women as extensions of herself, blending art historical references with contemporary experience to reflect on womanhood, memory, and perception. Womanhood is the experience she feels most equipped to express.
I’m chasing the quiet moments when reality seems slightly off, like recognizing a stranger’s face. The women I paint are composites of myself, forms of self-portraiture that exist between presence and absence. They are awake yet dreaming with open eyes. They wait, they make, they endure.
Working primarily with the fluidity and transparency of oil paint, Zeydabadi’s creative process is a layered and intuitive one. This process reveals to her how vulnerability and strength can coexist within the everyday.
“I work through thin veils of color, glazing, wiping, and reworking the surface until an image begins to emerge through little moments that are witnessed, lived, and then reimagined in paint.”
Moones Zeydabadi has exhibited her work in solo and group shows both in the United States and internationally in Canada, Italy, Iran, and Chile. She is the recipient of multiple film and visual art awards recognizing her multidisciplinary practice and has appeared in several international publications.
We are so pleased to display Moones Zeydabadi’s artwork for the months of January and February. The opening reception for “The Silence Between” is on Saturday, January 3rd from 5pm to 8pm. Light refreshments will be served, byob.
We hope to see you in the new year! Let’s kick off 2026 together.