Maryam Tabatabai

Visual Artist
Born: 1980, Qom, Iran

Maryam Tabatabai, an Iranian visual artist, holds a master’s degree in painting from Tehran University of Art (2006) and a bachelor’s degree in painting from Alzahra University, Tehran (2003).

His works explore themes such as memory, identity, and human experience, and they feature a blend of symbolic forms and contemporary perspectives.

Solo Exhibitions

2023 – “From the Sound of Breaking,” Nian Gallery, Tehran
2021 – “In Darkness,” Nian Gallery, Tehran
2017 – “Before Forgetting,” A Gallery, Tehran
2016 – “Shine on Me”, Artlab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2013 – “Deprivation,” Elaheh Gallery, Tehran
2009 – Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2007 – Arya Gallery, Tehran
2005 – Khavaran Cultural Center (Javan), Tehran
2005 – Self-Portrait, Arya Gallery, Tehran

Group Exhibitions

2022 – “Confused Metaphors,” Club Gallery, Tehran
2020 – “Parenthesis Series 1400,” Nian Gallery, Tehran
2020 – “Parenthesis Series 1,” Nian Gallery, Tehran
2020 – “A Window to See,” Asr Gallery, Tehran
2019 – “If Not Exotic, Then What?,” Building Bridge Art Exchange, California, USA
2019 – Hamras Art Space, Tehran
2018 – “Design as Living,” House of Artists, Tehran
2018 – Annual Handmade Print, Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2018 – “Iran, the World of Simple Meanings,” Iran Cultural House, Paris, France
2018 – In Memory of Touran Miri Hadi, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2017 – Tenth Heft Negah Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran
2017 – Annual Handmade Print, Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2016 – “Shared Language,” Iranian and American Artists, A Gallery, Tehran
2016 – Group Illustration Exhibition, Selected by the Illustrators Association, Belgrade, Serbia
2016 – “Hammam,” Atbin Gallery, Tehran
2016 – “Under Glaze Plate 1001,” Shirin Gallery, Tehran
2016 – First Annual Illustration Exhibition, Shirin Gallery, Tehran
2015 – “Illustration, a Dance Like This,” Mehrva Gallery, Tehran
2015 – Artlab, Beirut, Lebanon
2014 – “Return Project,” Porsesh Institute, Tehran
2014 – Janna Gallery, Tehran
2014 – Ferdowsi City Bookstore, Tehran
2014 – Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2013 – Artlab, Beirut, Lebanon
2013 – Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2012 – “The Game of History,” 100th Anniversary of Lucien Freud, Etemad Gallery, Tehran
2012 – 11th Biannual Illustration Exhibition, Saba Art Academy, Tehran
2012 – “Art for Peace,” Mohsen Gallery and Vista Gallery, Tehran
2012 – “104 Windows,” House of Artists, Tehran
2012 – Illustration Group “The Strange World,” House of Artists, Tehran
2012 – Small Paintings, Arya Gallery, Tehran
2012 – Sale of Works by Several Generations of Contemporary Artists, Allah Gallery, Tehran
2011 – “Fifty-One of One Thousand and One,” Arya Gallery, Tehran
2011 – Fifth Heft Negah Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran
2010 – Elaheh Gallery, Tehran
2010 – Small Paintings, Arya Gallery, Tehran
2000 – Third Iran Contemporary Design Festival, Dr. Sandouzi Museum, Tehran
2001 – “One Hundred Works, One Hundred Artists,” Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2002 – House of Artists, Momez Gallery, Tehran
2003 – Free Designers Gallery, Tehran
2003 – “One Hundred Works, One Hundred Artists,” Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2004 – Selected by Saghar Masiadian, Arya Gallery, Tehran
2005 – “One Hundred Works, One Hundred Artists,” Golestan Gallery, Tehran