Zahra Shirkoond
Born 1999, Tehran
Painter

Zahra Shirkoond is a visual artist and painter, a graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Painting from Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran (2022). Her artistic activity has focused on contemporary painting, and her works have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions and art events both inside and outside Iran.

She has participated in the prestigious “One Hundred Works, One Hundred Artists” exhibition at Golestan Gallery in Tehran (2023–2024) and took part in the third annual Satine Visual Arts Festival titled “Turning Point” (2023). Additionally, her works have been displayed at the International “Dreaming Self” exhibition at Silesia University in Poland, Mediterranean University of Cyprus, and Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran (2022).

Other artistic activities include her participation in the 28th Iran Young Visual Artists Festival (2021), a group exhibition of contemporary Iranian artists at the Etaži Gallery in Saint Petersburg, Russia (2019), the group exhibition “Color and Feeling” at the Eastern Passage Gallery in Milad Tower, Tehran (2019), and a painting exhibition at Shariati Gallery of Shahid Beheshti University (2018).

Zahra Shirkoond has also achieved top ranks in national visual arts festivals; notably, she secured second place nationally at the 17th and 18th Iran Visual Arts Festivals (2016 and 2017) and exhibited selected works at festivals in Semnan Province and North Khorasan Province.