List of Iranian women artists
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This is a list of women artists who were born in Iran or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A
- Golnar Adili (born 1976), artist based in Brooklyn, New York[1]
- Shahla Aghapour (active in Germany since mid-1990s), painter, sculptor, performance art, author, gallery director
- Shirin Aliabadi (born 1973), visual artist based in Tehran
- Samira Alikhanzadeh (born 1967), painter
- Morehshin Allahyari (active since 2007), artist, educator
B
- Hanieh Mohammad Bagher (1980), artist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Nairy Baghramian (born 1971), artist based in Berlin
D
- Iran Darroudi (born 1936), contemporary artist
- Gohar Dashti (born 1980), photographer, video artist
E
- 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
- Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005), painter
- Bita Ghezelayagh (born 1966), sculptor based in Tehran and London
H
- Nahid Hagigat (born 1943), illustrator, printmaker and painter in New York
- 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
J
- Pouran Jinchi (active in New York since 1990s), calligrapher, painter, sculptor
K
- Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter based in Sydney
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
- Mandana Moghaddam (born 1962), Iranian-Swedish visual artist
- Neda Moridpour (active since 2012), Iranian-American artist, educator
- 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
R
- Sara Rahbar (born 1976), contemporary mied-media artist based in New York
- Pantea Rahmani (born 1971), 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 (born 1924), best known for her mirror mosaics, sculptor, painter, textile designer
- Sara Shamsavari (born 1979), British-Iranian multidisciplinary artist
T
- Taravat Talepasand (born 1979), Iranian American painter and sculptor based in San Francisco, California
Z
- Maryam Zandi (born 1946), photographer[3]
- Niloofar Ziae (born 1962), painter, educator
See also
References
- ^ "Golnar Adili". Victori Contemporary. 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.