The accomplished painter’s hallmark style features calligraphic forms that have been absented from meaning, entitling much of her work as “unwritten”. As her letter forms are vacated from a strict literal meaning, they are charged with an emotive potential, drawing as much from the language of painterly gestures as from the actual script. While best known for stunning large-scale paintings on canvas, by adapting her practice to a lightbox Fathi is able to further distill script to its essence, with tight white lines in sharp contrast to a black surface. Her first use of the medium developed from a series of paintings in which she used repetitive marks to turn entire surfaces black, referencing the traditional calligraphic practice of Siah Mashgh (“Black Practice”). Classically trained at the Calligraphy Association of Iran, Fathi was the first woman to win an award for Ketabat (a genre of calligraphy). She has exhibited in a number of international shows, including in New York, Geneva, London, Dubai and Doha. Fathi participated in the 2009 International Woman Artists’ Biennial, South Korea and in the 2010 International Calligraphy Biennial of Sharjah, UAE. Fathi currently lives and works in Iran.