Zeynab Movahed

1981, Tehran

Zeynab Movahed started painting when she was a child and began taking classes in 1999 when she was 17. Since then, painting has become a significant part of her life. Three years later, she entered Tehran University’s Art and Architecture School, where she later received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in painting.

Since graduating, she has had 11 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 60 group exhibitions worldwide. Her work has been displayed in Tehran, Kuwait, New York, Lahore U.S., the U.K., France, and Greece, among others.

She cites her major influences as Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Andrew Wyeth, and Edward Hopper, although they are all from different schools of art, but she says, “Right now, contemporary young Iranian artists’ work inspires me and makes me feel confident about what I do.”

Since 2016, Movahed has taught figurative painting in Tehran and has trained more than 150 students.