Whispers: Women, Animals and Chimeras
Whispers: Women, Animals and Chimeras is a solo exhibition taking place at Aabee Bleue Project in Los Angeles from September 26 to November 7, 2026. What if mythology could be retold through those who have remained at its margins? What if women, animals, and hybrid creatures became the protagonists of histories that have long centered on heroes, kings, and conquerors? In Whispers: Women, Animals and Chimeras , Elika Hedayat presents a new body of work drawing from Persian mythology, feminist thought, and speculative imagination. Moving between memory, history, and fiction, the exhibition revisits narratives from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) through a contemporary lens, shifting attention toward figures that have often occupied secondary roles in traditional accounts. Women, animals, and chimerical beings emerge throughout the exhibition as active agents rather than symbolic accessories. Their bodies transform, merge, and evolve, inhabiting spaces where the bou...