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Jila Peacock

A Life Interwoven with Calligraphy and Colour: The Art of Jila Peacock Jila Peacock is an Iranian-born artist whose work beautifully bridges the worlds of painting, printmaking, medicine, and poetry. Born in Tehran in 1948 as Djallilah Pezeshgi, her journey to becoming a celebrated visual artist was anything but conventional. Her early life in Iran instilled within her a deep appreciation for the aesthetic power of form, particularly t

he intricate designs found in traditional Persian art—a fascination with faces and shapes composed within other shapes that would later profoundly influence her artistic practice. In 1959, she moved to the United Kingdom, embarking on a rigorous eight-year study of medicine at London University. This period, though seemingly distant from the realm of art, cultivated a meticulous attention to detail and an analytical approach that would…