Anahita Shahmati
Born in 1993, Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Tehran, Iran
Anahita Shahmati
Ani Shahamati, born in 1993 in Tehran, is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist based in her hometown. A medical doctor by training, she graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2020. She has also devoted herself to exploring various artistic mediums such as painting, video, photography, installation, and floral design.
Her work draws on a dual source of inspiration: on the one hand, the biological structures and systems of life that she knows intimately thanks to her medical training; on the other, an aesthetic nourished by a contemporary plastic sensibility. This combination gives rise to organic works, both concrete and abstract, evoking artifacts from an unknown animated world. Her creations, often immersive, are expressed through hybrid textures and forms that seem to grow, proliferate, or decompose.
Since 2020, Ani has presented her work in several galleries and art spaces in Iran and internationally. She pursues an experimental practice that seeks to blur the boundaries between art, science, and the body.
Training
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2020 – Doctor of Medicine (MD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Personal exhibitions
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August 2021 – Installations and Paintings, Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
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September 2020 – Obscure Element, Soo Contemporary Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group exhibitions
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September 2024 – Object/Painter, 8cube Gallery, Tehran, Iran
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May 2024 – 8th Damonfar Painting Biennial, Tehran, Iran
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September 2023 – Emza Space, Tehran, Iran
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March 2022 – Komod Space, Tehran, Iran
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January 2022 – Noblhaus, Miami, United States
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August 2021 – Carbon, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
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November 2020 – Light Treat, Soo Contemporary Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Temptation
This series by Ani Shahamati oscillates between paintings on canvas and relief works made from foam, oil, acrylic, and resin mounted on wood. He draws on a dual source of inspiration: on the one hand, biological structures and living systems, which the artist knows intimately thanks to his medical training; on the other hand, an aesthetic nourished by a contemporary artistic sensibility.
From this combination emerge organic forms, both concrete and abstract, evoking artifacts from a vibrant and still unknown world. Textured, hybrid, and sometimes immersive, her creations seem to grow, proliferate, or decompose before our eyes. They create a tension between the rigor of science and the freedom of the imagination, inviting the viewer to explore the fragile in-between space where matter becomes alive.