This is a list of women artists who were born in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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* Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California * Golnar Adili (born 1976), artist based in Brooklyn, New York * Shahla Aghapour, painter, sculptor, performance art, author, gallery director * Shiva Ahmadi (born 1975), painter, video artist, and installation artist, based in the

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* 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

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* Nairy Baghramian (born 1971), sculpture and mixed media artist, based in Berlin *

Sonia Balassanian Sonia Balassanian (, ; born 1942) née Sonia Amirian, is an Iranian-born painter, sculptor, and curator, of Armenian ethnicity. She co-founded the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art. Balassanian lives in New York City and Yerevan. ...

(born 1942), Armenian-Iranian painter, sculptor, installation artist, and curator; based in New York City and Yerevan * Fatemeh Behboudi (born 1985), photographer, photojournalist

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* Shaghayegh Cyrous (born 1987), interdisciplinary, activist, and social practice artist, based in San Francisco

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* Parisa Damandan (born 1967), photographer, art historian *

Iran Darroudi Iran Darroudi ( fa, ایران درودی; 2 September 1936 – 29 October 2021) was an Iranian contemporary artist. Her art consists of surreal paintings dealing with Iranian themed imagery and strong lighting. She lived between Tehran and Par ...

(born 1936–2021), contemporary artist * Solmaz Daryani (born 1989), photographer * Gohar Dashti (born 1980), photographer, video artist

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* Maryam Eisler, Iranian-born, London-based photographer, editor, and author * Fatemeh Emdadian (born 1955), sculptor

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Atena Farghadani Atena Farghadani ( fa, آتنا فرقدانی; born 29 January 1987) is an Iranian artist and political activist, who was imprisoned for 18 months. Amnesty International considers her a prisoner of conscience. She was released on 3 May 2016. ...

(born 1987), cartoonist, political activist *

Homa Vafaie Farley Homa Vafaie Farley () is an Iranian-born potter and ceramics designer. She lives in Abu Dhabi. Biography Homa Farley was born in Tehran, Iran. She grew up near Mount Damavand. As a teenager she decided to move to the United Kingdom to study En ...

, Iranian-born potter and ceramist * Tannaz Farsi (born 1974), sculptor and multidisciplinary artist, based in Eugene, Oregon *

Golnaz Fathi Golnaz Fathi (born 1972) is an Iranian contemporary artist noted for her artwork in the hurufiyya tradition. Life and career She was born in Tehran and studied graphic design at Islamic Azad University, receiving a BA in 1995. She went on to ...

(born 1972), contemporary artist * Bita Fayyazi (born 1962), sculptor and ceramist known for Iranian public art projects * Chohreh Feyzdjou (1955–1996), sculpture, installation art *

Parastou Forouhar Parastou Forouhar (born 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian installation artist who lives and works out of Frankfurt, Germany. Forouhar's art reflects her criticism of the Iranian government and often plays with the ideas of identity. Her artwork expr ...

(born 1962), installation artist based in Germany * Soraya French (born 1957), painter, writer

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* 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 * Hengameh Golestan (born 1952), photographer

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* Nahid Hagigat (born 1943), illustrator, printmaker and painter in New York *

Fariba Hajamadi Fariba Hajamadi (born Isfahan, Iran 1957) is an Iranian American artist whose work employs photography and painting on fabric, canvas, and wood panels, often presented as large scale installations. Her work investigates cultural and gender Identity ...

(born 1957), visual artist based in New York City. *

Gita Hashemi Gita Hashemi (Persian: گیتا هاشمی, born 1961) is an Iranian-born artist, writer and curator residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her work juxtaposes history and the present, political and personal, and local and global. It draws on lang ...

(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 * 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.

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* Rana Javadi (born 1953), photographer in Tehran. *

Pouran Jinchi Pouran Jinchi (born 1959 in Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian-American, New York-based artist. She is best known for her abstract, calligraphy-based contemporary visual art. Biography Pouran Jinchi borrows from her Iranian cultural traditions of lite ...

(born 1959), calligrapher, painter, sculptor, active in New York since 1990s

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* Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter based in

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Zhaleh Kazemi Zhaleh Kazemi (; née Zahra Kazemi-Azad; 3 April 1943 – 31 March 2004) was an Iranian television producer, news anchor, and painter. She was also a voice actress for Persian-dubbed films in Iranian cinema. Her dubbing work was done for many Amer ...

(1944–2003), painter * Amineh Kazemzadeh (born 1963), painter * Simin Keramati (born 1970), Iranian-born Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist and activist * Sanam Khatibi (born 1979), contemporary artist based in Belgium * Laleh Khorramian (born 1974), Iranian-American multidisciplinary visual artist *

Arghavan Khosravi Arghavan Khosravi (; born 1984) is an Iranian-born American visual artist, and illustrator. She is known for her three dimensional paintings with works that cross between the traditions of European Renaissance and Persian miniature; with themes ...

(born 1984), Iranian-born American painter and sculptor

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* Farideh Lashai (1944–2013), abstract painter, writer, and translator

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Tala Madani Tala Madani (born 1981) is an Iranian-born American artist, well-known for her contemporary paintings, drawings, and animations. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Early life and education Madani was born in Tehran, Iran in 1981. From the ag ...

(born 1981), Iranian-born American painter *

Nadia Maftouni Nadia Maftouni ( fa, نادیا مفتونی, born 14 January 1966) is an Iranian academic, philosophical author and artist. She is best known as a leading Researcher on Farabian, Avicennian and Suhrawardian philosophy with her modern reading ...

(born 1966), painter, academic researcher, Islamic theologist, philosopher, and author *

Saba Masoumian Saba Masoumian (born 1982) is an Iranian artist who lives and works in Italy. Masoumian was born in Tehran and received a BA in graphic design from Azad University. Masoumian went on to study painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. ...

(born 1982), contemporary artist * Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist artist, educator * Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, works including

installation art Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called ...

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is emplo ...

* Laleh Mehran, Iranian-American multimedia artist and professor * Alina Mnatsakanian (born 1958), Iranian-Armenian Switzerland-based visual artist * 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

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* Malekeh Nayiny (born 1955), artist based in Paris *

Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat ( fa, شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957 in Qazvin) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and th ...

(born 1957), visual artist based in New York * Mina Nouri (born 1951), painter * Guity Novin (born 1944), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, graphic designer

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* Farah Ossouli (born 1953), painter based in Iran

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* Sara Rahbar (born 1976), contemporary mixed-media artist, based in New York * Pantea Rahmani (born 1971), contemporary artist * Raha Raissnia (born 1968), contemporary artist * Shokouh Riazi (1921–1965), modernist painter

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* Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), impressionistic painter *

Maryam Salour Maryam Salour (born 24 September 1954 in Tehran) is an Iranian sculptor, ceramist and painter. She lives in Tehran, and previously lived in Paris. Early life and education After receiving high school diploma in Tehran, Iran, Salour moved to Lond ...

(born 1954),

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, ceramist, painter * Ashraf os-Saltaneh (1863–1914), princess, photographer of the Qajar period, and one of the earliest women photographers and journalists * Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh (born 1962), painter, weaver, calligrapher, who works with her feet * Golnar Servatian (born 1977), cartoonist, illustrator * Massoumeh Seyhoun (1934–2010), painter, gallerist, curator * Hadieh Shafie (born 1969), painter, based in the United States * Shirana Shahbazi (born 1974), photographer, installation artist, based in Switzerland * Naz Shahrokh (born 1969), miniature painting, sculptures, installation art, land art, and video art *

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian ( fa, منیر شاهرودی فرمانفرمائیان; 16 December 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Ira ...

(1922–2019), best known for her mirror mosaics, sculptor, painter, textile designer * Sara Shamsavari (born 1979), British-Iranian multidisciplinary artist *

Mojgan Shajarian Mojgan Shajarian ( fa, مژگان شجریان, born 17 May 1970) is an Iranian-born painter, graphic designer, vocalist, and setar player. She is daughter of musician Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. Early life and education Mojgan Shajarian was bor ...

(born 1970), Iranian painter, designer, musician * Sheida Soleimani (born 1990), Iranian-American multidisciplinary artist, based in Rhode Island

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Taravat Talepasand Taravat Talepasand (born 1979) is an Iranian-American contemporary artist, activist, and educator whose labor-intensive interdisciplinary painting practice including drawing, sculpture, and installation questions normative cultural behaviors withi ...

(born 1979), Iranian-American painter and sculptor, based in

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Newsha Tavakolian Newsha Tavakolian ( fa, نیوشا توکلیان; born 1981) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for ''Time'' magazine, ''The New York Times'', ''Le Figaro'', and ''National Geographic''. Her work focuses o ...

(born 1981), photographer, photojournalist

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Maryam Zandi Maryam Zandi (born 1946 in Gorgan, Iran) is an Iranian documentary photographer and author. She is best known for her photographs during the Iranian Revolution. Biography She spent her school years in Gorgan and then graduated from University ...

(born 1946), photographer * Niloofar Ziae (born 1962), painter, educator * Minoosh Zomorodinia, Iranian-born American visual artist, curator, and educator in San Francisco

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