# Shamsi Ashti and Jenifer Gustavsen share the Steveston Museum Pop-Up Art Space for the month of June

- Link: https://historicsteveston.ca/news/popup-june/
- Published: 2024-06-04T21:43:55-07:00
- Author: Sarah

## ⌊June Pop-Up Artists are Shamsi Ashti and Jenifer Gustavsen. Images of Shamsi's artwork show some abstract sculptures and Jenifer's work depicts realistic paintings of some fruit and a girl reclining.⌉⌊June Pop-Up Artists are Shamsi Ashti and Jenifer Gustavsen. Images of Shamsi's artwork show some abstract sculptures and Jenifer's work depicts realistic paintings of some fruit and a girl reclining.⌉Shamsi Ashti

Shamsi Ashti stands for everything her last name represents in her native language,
Persian. Ashti means peace, not as in the opposite of war, but as in achieving tranquility
and rekindling a friendship. Shamsi, a Richmond resident for over 30 years, spent
most of her childhood in a tranquil family garden in northern Tehran, just beneath
the majestic hills and range of the Alborz Mountain. Her father, a former high court
judge, chose a secluded life for his family to focus on his children’s upbringing.
He instilled in them a love for poetry, teaching them to recite verses and encouraged
curiosity.

Poetry gave Shamsi a tool to express her feelings and hopes. Her poetry books encompass
Shamsi’s reflections on life, interpersonal relationships and her feelings about
the turbulent and socially challenging place of women in Iran since the emergence
of the Islamic Republic. Besides being a poet, Shamsi is also an accomplished sculptor.
Her works of art have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Gallery
and the Golestan Gallery and has also been featured in Doors Open, ArtRich and the
Federation of Canadian Artists. She is an active member of Richmond Pottery Club
and teaches art classes through the Richmond Art Gallery.

## Jenifer Gustavsen

We are thrilled to welcome Jenifer Gustavsen back into the pop up space. Jenifer
has been oil painting for the last 2 years. From 1996 to 2006 she worked as a classical
animator, which is hand drawn animation. Her film credits include Dreamworks films
such as _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_, _Road to Eldorado_, and 
_Sinbad, Legend of the Seven Seas_, as well as the indie film _The Triplets of Belleville_.
Once the animation studios stopped making classically animated films, Jenifer left
the industry and returned to University and earned a master’s degree in archaeology
majoring in art from a variety of cultures. Her studies focused on research into
the brain’s response to making realistic art that drove her directly to trying her
hand at oil painting.

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