List of Iranian women artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Iran or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A[]
- Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California
- Golnar Adili (born 1976), artist based in Brooklyn, New York[1]
- Shahla Aghapour, painter, sculptor, performance art, author, gallery director
- Shirin Aliabadi (1973–2018), visual artist, previously based in Tehran
- Samira Alikhanzadeh (born 1967), painter
- Morehshin Allahyari (born 1985), artist active since 2007, educator, based in Brooklyn
- Afruz Amighi (born 1974), sculptor, installation art, based in Brooklyn
- Nazgol Ansarinia (born 1979), painter
- Shahla Arbabi (born 1945), mixed media artist, based in Washington D.C.
- Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946), painter late in life, but best known as the second licensed female aircraft pilot of Iran
B[]
- Hanieh Mohammad Bagher (born 1980), artist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Nairy Baghramian (born 1971), sculpture and mixed media artist, based in Berlin
C[]
- Shaghayegh Cyrous (born 1987), interdisciplinary, activist, and social practice artist, based in San Francisco
D[]
- Parisa Damandan (born 1967), photographer, art historian
- Iran Darroudi (born 1936), contemporary artist
- Gohar Dashti (born 1980), photographer, video artist
E[]
- Maryam Eisler, Iranian-born, London-based photographer, editor, and author
- Fatemeh Emdadian (born 1955), sculptor
F[]
- Golnaz Fathi (born 1972), contemporary artist
- Bita Fayyazi (born 1962), sculptor and ceramist known for Iranian public art projects
- Parastou Forouhar (born 1962), installation artist based in Germany
- Soraya French (born 1957), painter, writer
G[]
- Pariyoush Ganji (born 1945), painter based in Tehran
- Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005), painter
- Shadi Ghadirian (born 1974), photographer, based in Tehran
- Bita Ghezelayagh (born 1966), sculptor based in Tehran and London
H[]
- Nahid Hagigat (born 1943), illustrator, printmaker and painter in New York
- Fariba Hajamadi (born 1957), visual artist based in New York City.
- Gita Hashemi (born 1961), transdisciplinary artist based in Toronto, Canada
- Maryam Hashemi (born 1977), visual artist based in London
- Taraneh Hemami (born 1960), visual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area[2]
- Sooreh Hera (born 1973), photographer, artist, born in Tehran
- Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012), contemporary artist
- Shirazeh Houshiary (born 1955), installation artist, sculptor
- Sheree Hovsepian (born 1974), collage artist and photographer, based in New York City.
J[]
- Rana Javadi (born 1953), photographer in Tehran.
- Pouran Jinchi (born 1959), calligrapher, painter, sculptor, active in New York since 1990s
K[]
- Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter based in Sydney
- Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2003), painter
- Sanam Khatibi (born 1979), contemporary artist based in Belgium
M[]
- Tala Madani (born 1981), painter
- Saba Masoumian (born 1982), contemporary artist
- Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist artist, educator
- Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, works including installation art, photography
- Laleh Mehran, Iranian-American multimedia artist and professor
- Mandana Moghaddam (born 1962), Iranian-Swedish visual artist
- Neda Moridpour, Iranian-American artist, educator, active since 2012
- Noreen Motamed (born 1967), painter
- Nurieh Mozaffari (born 1960), Iranian-Canadian contemporary painter
N[]
- Malekeh Nayiny (born 1955), artist based in Paris
- Shirin Neshat (born 1957), visual artist based in New York
- Mina Nouri (born 1951), painter
- Guity Novin (born 1944), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, graphic designer
O[]
- Farah Ossouli (born 1953), painter based in Iran
R[]
- Sara Rahbar (born 1976), contemporary mixed-media artist, based in New York
- Pantea Rahmani (born 1971), contemporary artist
- Raha Raissnia (born 1968), contemporary artist
- Pari Ravan (born 1942), painter
S[]
- Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), impressionistic painter
- Hadieh Shafie (born 1969), painter, now based in the United States
- Shirana Shahbazi (born 1974), photographer, installation artist, based in Switzerland
- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), best known for her mirror mosaics, sculptor, painter, textile designer
- Sara Shamsavari (born 1979), British-Iranian multidisciplinary artist
- Sheida Soleimani (born 1990), Iranian-American multidisciplinary artist, based in Rhode Island
T[]
- Taravat Talepasand (born 1979), Iranian-American painter and sculptor, based in Oregon.
Z[]
- Maryam Zandi (born 1946), photographer[3]
- Niloofar Ziae (born 1962), painter, educator
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Golnar Adili". Victori Contemporary. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ "Taraneh Hemami, 'Most Wanted'". V&A museum. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "'To each his own weapon, I have my camera': Iran's 1979 revolution – in pictures". The Guardian. 2016-02-08. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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