Cosmic Cadence

Cosmic Cadence by Haleh Mashian depicts a seated female figure in a moment of charged stillness as her form begins to disperse into the surrounding atmosphere. Constructed through layered mixed media, the body emerges from and simultaneously dissolves into a field of pigment, metallic dust, and gestural mark making. The figure’s red hair anchors her presence within the composition, while her torso and limbs fragment into sweeping movements of gold, yellow, and deep green that appear to radiate outward into space.

Mashian’s use of white glue to contour the body introduces a tactile luminosity across the surface, allowing the figure to shimmer against the darker cosmic field that envelops her. Particles of glittered pigment scatter across the canvas like stardust, blurring the boundary between body and environment. The result is a composition that speaks to transformation, energy, and the porous nature of selfhood, where identity becomes something fluid and expansive rather than fixed.

Haleh Mashian

For over 20+ years, Haleh Mashian's art has colorfully illustrated her unique, astute view of the world, both real and imagined. As a painter and creative expressionist, Mashian's abstract works reveal her appreciation of color theory, compositional form and the study of positive and negative space. Working in mixed media and using a variety of techniques from collage to impasto, a repeated layering and application of paint, Mashian's dynamic pieces range from smaller artworks that can be arranged together to large-scale paintings. Her large-paneled paintings have been exhibited nationally in Los Angeles, Miami, and other art enclaves and is included in private collections in the United States and abroad.

Her creativity extends into other forms as well. Haleh has included fashion design, digital art, and music into her repertoire of boundless expression. She is the Founder and Lead Designer for MASH City, her innovative men and womenswear collection. Originally from Iran, she is a longtime resident of Southern California with a Studio in Santa Monica where she lives with her husband and two children.