# 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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