Marjan Nemati

Marjan Nemati, born in Tehran, Iran, is an artist whose practice includes painting, drawing, and printmaking as she seeks to engage the collective memory of her audience. She tends to revive the sense of belonging to a unified history through iconic and common architectural sites in Tehran, with an emphasis on the constant demolishing of history and the division of generations traced in her cityscapes. Her unique technique of scraped textured surfaces and high contrast blacks accentuates the expressionist influences in her works.

Nemati received her BA degree in painting from Islamic Azad University in 2004.
Subsequently, she completed her MA degree in Illustration at the University of Tehran in 2007. Her final thesis, titled Comic Books, was later published by Nazar publications in 2014, featuring an introduction by award-winning artist Farshid Mesghali.

She has been a permanent member of the Society of Iranian Painters since 2004 and an honorary member of the Institute for Promotion of Contemporary Arts since 2013.

Her solo exhibitions have been held at Homa Art Gallery in 2024, Golestan Gallery, 2017, 2014, 2010 and Banafshe Gallery, 2003. Her artworks have been widely exhibited at both Iran’s most prestigious venues as well as numerous galleries around the world, such as Toronto, Vancouver, Canada; Los Angeles, USA; Lyon, France; Berlin, Germany; China and the Middle East. A selection of her artworks was published by Nazar Art Publication in 2024. Nemati was selected as the MOP Foundation artist in residence at London’s Parasol unit foundation for contemporary arts in 2015, she was also one of the selectees for The Sixth Montakhabe nasl no (The Elected of the New Generation) Annual Competition in 2012.