About the Artist

Marjan Nemati (b. 1981, Tehran, Iran) is a visual artist based in Toronto, whose practice includes painting, drawing, and printmaking. Her work explores belonging and cultural continuity through references to Tehran’s iconic and vernacular architecture. Her depictions of forlorn urban sites engage collective memory while commenting on the erosion of history and the growing generational divide in contemporary life.

 Nemati holds a BA in Painting from Islamic Azad University (2004) and an MA in Illustration from the University of Tehran (2007). Her MA thesis and artworks have been featured in Nazar Art Publications (2014, 2024). She was selected as an artist-in-residence by the MOP Foundation at London’s Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2015.

 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. Nemati’s work has been shown internationally at galleries and institutions in Los Angeles, Lyon, Berlin, China, Tehran, and across the Middle East.