Origins

Exhibition Gallery

Oriya Benkoshe was born in 1990 in Sari, Iran. She holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from the University of Gilan and a master’s degree in photography from the University of Art in Tehran.

Her first solo exhibition, We, Beloved, was held in 2015 at Gallery 26 in Tehran. She then held another exhibition titled Inside in 2021 at Vali Gallery.

Oriya Benkoshe’s artistic style is shaped by unique techniques such as stitching, thread, glitter, and collage. Her work mainly focuses on exploring female identity and the role of women in society, redefining feminine concepts through her art.

Claudia Huenchuleo is a San Francisco-based Mapuche visual artist whose work engages with the autobiographical archive and Indigenous critical theory to interrogate contemporary indigeneity. Integrating her background as a psychologist (Chile, 1995) with an MFA from SFSU (2022), Huenchuleo uses fiber to articulate relational, and historical memory. Since 2017, she has exhibited and collaborated internationally across California, France, and Chile.

Sally Linnett is a multimedia video artist whose work resides within the terrible, the fun, and the fascinating. Her time-based media considers where technology and organic matter overlap to form composite definitions of self, time, and place. After leaving a career in video production, Linnett is driven by finding antithetical perspectives towards living within digital culture.

Peggy Sivert lives and works adjacent to a nature preserve shaped by a slow moving landslide. This unique Los Angeles environment grounds her practice and informs her commitment to sustainability. Sivert's work centers on transformation through assemblage and mixed media.  Her recurring use of the horse symbolizes partnership over dominance—reframing historical narratives of power in favor of cooperation and interdependence. 

Wipoosana Supanakorn was born in 1975 in Bangkok, Thailand. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the King Mongkut Institute of Art Ladkrabang in 1998 and his master’s degree in San Francisco, United States. He has always innovated, pushing boundaries of expression to new depths, and inventing techniques through his exploration of principles of fine art, application of various media, examination of expression, and a deep concern for the cultural benefit of all peoples in a society. His work is unique insofar as the inspiration is very much from his immediate surroundings, and culture.

Saroop Soofi is a Pakistani-Canadian multidisciplinary artist. Working across textiles, sculpture, and installation, she investigates ecological erasure, migration, and cultural memory. Drawing upon South Asian vernacular aesthetics, mythological histories, and material archives, her practice considers how textiles function as repositories of knowledge, carrying stories of endangered species and disappearing languages.

Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego.

This exhibition is generously supported by Handwork 2026.

This exhibition is generously supported by Persian Place.