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
Tentation
Cette série d’Ani Shahamati oscille entre peinture sur toile et œuvres en relief réalisées à partir de mousse, huile, acrylique et résine montées sur bois. Il puise dans une double source d’inspiration : d’une part, les structures biologiques et les systèmes du vivant, que l’artiste connaît intimement grâce à sa formation médicale ; d’autre part, une esthétique nourrie par une sensibilité plastique contemporaine.
De cette combinaison naissent des formes organiques, à la fois concrètes et abstraites, qui évoquent des artefacts issus d’un monde animé et encore inconnu. Texturées, hybrides, parfois immersives, ses créations semblent croître, proliférer ou se décomposer sous nos yeux. Elles mettent en tension la rigueur de la science et la liberté de l’imaginaire, invitant le spectateur à explorer l’entre-deux fragile où la matière devient vivante.