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FRIEDAcommunity - A talk with Yassi Deylami - March 18
Join us for a conversation with Yassi Deylami in a more intimate and relaxed setting. Following the talk, dinner will be served allowing for more discussion with the artist and among guests.
Trained as an architect, Yassi Deylami approaches art as a form of spatial inhabitation. For her, architecture is not merely structure but also a logic that allows space to be lived into and activated by memory, imagination, and presence. With a Master of Fine Arts and Master of Architecture, Yassi creates work based on geometry and structural order, which becomes the framework through which creatures emerge: shadow selves made visible, ready to play.
Growing up between Tehran, Iran and Sydney, Australia, Yassi learned to fragment and conceal aspects of her identity to survive this duality. Art became her way of unlocking her feelings of displacement, and the demons she once believed she was fighting, revealed themselves as exiled parts seeking recognition and belonging.
Working with charcoal, pastel, and printmaking, Yassi allows spaces and forms to surface intuitively. Her large-scale works engulf the viewer, drawing them into inner landscapes that house the unconscious and initiate self-discovery. Her smaller, intimate monotypes invite viewers to be vulnerable and reflect upon the mysterious as a path toward wholeness.
Through her work, large and small, she creates surreal worlds that explore displacement, belonging, and the idea of home as a site of deep memory, comfort and the universal desire for connection amid chaos. In a digital world defined by surfaces and distraction, her work invites viewers inward – to confront the shared human truths of grief, longing, rage and the enduring desire for wholeness.
Menu
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Cucumber, red bell peppers, tomato salad
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Braised chicken with pomegranate glaze
Saffron rice
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Orange almond cake
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*A GF vegan option of tagine with rice is available, please inquire at time of reservation.
Talk: 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Dinner: served at 7:00pm
Prices include 20% gratuity.
This event is BYOB
By reservation only.
Please sign up at least 2 days prior to the event.
*Cancellation policy: We are unable to issue refunds. In the interest of building community, we ask that you donate your ticket to another person should you need to cancel. If you are not able to find someone to attend in your stead, let us know and we will donate your ticket on your behalf. Thank you for sharing FRIEDAcommunity’s mission and values.
Date & Time
Wed, Mar 18, 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Details
FRIEDA
320 Walnut StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
