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Dancing on a Knife’s Edge is Fa’s debut solo exhibition. The shocking death of 22 year old Mahsa Amini while in custody of the so-called‘ morality police’, instigated nationwide protests in Iran. Months of revolution have ensued, and continue to this day.

Within the body of works, Fa presents ‘knife paintings’, alongside ethereal portraits. The hands that brandish these knives belong to the protesting women. They are holding a destiny that has been forced onto them. They do not want to clasp these knives, either in fear or defence. It is chaos and war, with hands projecting from an …