Sheida Soleimani: Forest of Stars extends Soleimani's Ghostwriter series, which reconstructs her parents' experiences of political exile following the 1979 Iranian Revolution through studio tableaux combining archival photographs, symbolic objects, and living subjects. New Flyways photographs bring migratory birds into focus — drawn from her work as a wildlife rehabilitator — connecting displacement, survival, and care across species. A site-specific wall drawing by her mother extends this familial lineage into the gallery, proposing that tending to vulnerable bodies is itself a political act.
