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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Mahdiyeh Afshar Bakeshloo (born 1995) fine art photographer
• Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist, based in Los Angeles, California
• Samira Abbassy (born 1965), Iranian-born British painter, based in New York City
• Clara Abkar (1916–1996), Iranian-born Armenian miniaturist and gilder
• Golnar Adili (born 1976), artist based in Brooklyn, New York^[1]
• Shahla Aghapour, painter, sculptor, performance art, author, gallery director
• Shiva Ahmadi (born 1975), painter, video artist, and installation artist, based in the San Francisco Bay Area
• 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
• Matilda Aslizadeh (born 1976), Iranian-born Canadian video artist, photography, and installation artist; based in Vancouver, Canada.

B

• Nairy Baghramian (born 1971), sculpture and mixed media artist, based in Berlin
• Sonia Balassanian (born 1942), Armenian-Iranian painter, sculptor, installation artist, and curator; based in New York City and Yerevan
• Fatemeh Behboudi (born 1985), photographer, photojournalist

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 1936–2021), contemporary artist
• Solmaz Daryani (born 1989), photographer
• Gohar Dashti (born 1980), photographer, video artist
• Bahar Dehkordi (born 1990), Rapper, theatre actress

E

• Maryam Eisler, Iranian-born, London-based photographer, editor, and author
• Fatemeh Emdadian (born 1955), sculptor
• Soheila Esfahani, Iranian-born Canadian installation artist, sculptor, and educator; based in London, Ontario, Canada
• Parvaneh Etemadi (born 1947/1948), painter, draftsperson, printer and collagist; based in Tehran

F

• Atena Farghadani (born 1987), cartoonist, political activist
• Homa Vafaie Farley, Iranian-born potter and ceramist
• Tannaz Farsi (born 1974), sculptor and multidisciplinary artist, based in Eugene, Oregon
• Golnaz Fathi (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 (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
• Hengameh Golestan (born 1952), photographer

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

• Talieh Kamran (1930–2017), painter, musician, and poet; a pioneer of modern art in Iran
• Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter based in Sydney
• Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2003), painter
• Amineh Kazemzadeh (born 1963), painter
• Simin Keramati (born 1970), Iranian-born Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist and activist
• Sanam Khatibi (born 1979), Iranian-born contemporary artist based in Belgium
• Laleh Khorramian (born 1974), Iranian-American multidisciplinary visual artist
• Arghavan Khosravi (born 1984), Iranian-born American painter and sculptor
• Sahar Khoury (born 1973), American sculptor, of Iranian and Jordanian-Palestinian descent

L

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

M

• Tala Madani (born 1981), Iranian-born American painter
• Nadia Maftouni (born 1966), painter, academic researcher, Islamic theologist, philosopher, and author
• 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
• 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

N

• Malekeh Nayiny (born 1955), artist based in Paris
• Shirin Neshat (born 1957), visual artist based in New York
• Mina Nouri (born 1951), painter
• Anahita Norouzi (born 1988), Iranian-Canadian artist
• Guity Novin (born 1944), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, graphic designer

O

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

R

• Tarlan Rafiee (born 1980), contemporary artist and curator
• Sara Rahbar (born 1976), contemporary mixed-media artist, based in New York
• Pantea Rahmani (born 1971), contemporary artist
• Raha Raissnia (born 1968), contemporary artist
• Anahita Razmi (born 1981), German-born contemporary artist of Iranian descent, based in London and Berlin
• Shokouh Riazi (1921–1965), modernist painter

S

• Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), impressionistic painter
• Maryam Salour (born 1954), sculptor, 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 (1922–2019), best known for her mirror mosaics, sculptor, painter, textile designer
• Sara Shamsavari (born 1979), British-Iranian multidisciplinary artist
• Mojgan Shajarian (born 1970), Iranian painter, designer, musician
• Soheila Sokhanvari (born 1964), Iranian painter and multi-media artist, based in Cambridge, UK
• 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.
• Newsha Tavakolian (born 1981), photographer, photojournalist

Z

• Maryam Zandi (born 1946), photographer^[3]
• Leila Zelli (born 1981), Iranian-born Canadian installation artist and painter
• Niloofar Ziae (born 1962), painter, educator
• Minoosh Zomorodinia, Iranian-born American visual artist, curator, and educator in San Francisco

See also

• List of Iranian artists
• List of Iranian painters
• Iranian modern and contemporary art