About me
What we hide often reveals who we are. Between the visible and the unseen, my figures emerge from colour, distortion and emotion. What do you see beneath the surface?
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About the artist
Anahita Iranmanesh
Born in Kerman, Iran, 1973
Anahita Iranmanesh has been painting since 1987. Beyond the painting courses of high school and university, she studied in the studios of Mohammad Hojabri Ebrahimi and Mohammad Emam in Kerman.
Starting with realism, she worked her way through different schools of art to contemporary modern painting by 2000, and since 2018 she has been devoted to developing an abstract language of her own.
Her works centre on the emotional dialogue between colour, movement and inner experience.
1987
Painting since
6
Solo exhibitions
11
Exhibitions
My abstract works are shaped by the emotional and social events surrounding me. Influenced by Bahman Mohassess, I explore the human figure beyond gender, through expressive forms, colours and movements. My process begins with improvisation, allowing ideas rooted in life experiences to evolve naturally across the canvas.
I seek to engage viewers who approach painting as a narrative — those who explore, interpret and construct meaning within abstraction.
All films →Every person lives between two faces: the one they show the world, and the one they keep in silence. Drawing on study and on watching how people behave, I try to reach a layer beyond the personality that is on show. For me, painting is a search to bring that hidden part to light.
I find my subjects in the people I see — in their behaviour, their reactions and their silences. Sometimes the faces I paint are hidden behind a mask that contradicts them.
What we hide often reveals who we really are. Between the visible and the unseen, my figures emerge from colour, distortion and emotion. I paint what cannot always be spoken.
Solo exhibitions
- October 2026LoveVirtual painting exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery (caroun.net), Vancouver, BC, CanadaVisit
- June 2023Abstraction: Color & FormEhsan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- April 2019In the Fabric of ColorShalman Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- June 2017Rhythm BeneathShalman Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- June 2015Endless OrbitShalman Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- March 2013SomewhereShalman Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group exhibitions
- October 2024Saba GalleryGroup exhibition, Tehran, Iran
- June 2024Ehsan GalleryGroup exhibition, Tehran, Iran
- April 2024Zarin.ArtVirtual group exhibition, Zarin.Art platform, Istanbul, Turkey
- June 2023Ehsan GalleryGroup exhibition, Tehran, Iran
Festivals
- May 2025Tehran Art ExpoIRB Conference Hall & Convention Center, Tehran, Iran
Membership
- MemberCaroun Art Gallery (CAG)Canada
Education
- 1991Diploma in Graphic DesignGuiv High School, Kerman, Iran
- 1994BA in Graphic DesignFaculty of Fine Arts, University of Kerman, Iran
Studied painting with
- 1989 – 1990Mohammad Hojabri EbrahimiKerman
- 1991 – 1992Mohammad EmamKerman
Teaching & design
- 1991 – 1995Painting instructor for childrenKerman, Iran
- 1994 – 1995Book design for an English language instituteKerman, Iran
