Narges Farahani is an independent Iranian artist, curator, and researcher, born in 1991 in Tehran. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and began exploring ceramics through specialized training programs after completing her university studies. Since 2015, she has been working experimentally with clay and ceramics, approaching the medium with a contemporary perspective.
In addition to ceramics, Narges occasionally incorporates other media such as painting, video art, and sound into her artistic practice. She has held one solo exhibition and participated in over twenty group exhibitions and biennials both nationally and internationally. She has also curated seven exhibitions focused on ceramics and founded Iran’s first electronic magazine dedicated to ceramic art, titled Contemporary Ceramic Art.
Between 2020 and 2021, she completed several courses in contemporary art and curating—such as Curatorial History and Theory and Proposal Writing for Curators—at the Empty Space School.
Since 2021, her research has centered on the concept of materiality and the narrative of material as a non-human entity, with a particular focus on clay and ceramics. Since 2022, she has specifically explored how soils from drying rivers in Iran carry cultural, ecological, and social stories. Her practice involves transforming these soils into clay and investigating their texture, history, and narrative potential.
My artwork is a way to navigate the anxieties and stress I carry within, offering an escape from the constant flood of thoughts that often overwhelm me. These inner tensions sometimes make it difficult to communicate with others, and this silence manifests itself in different ways throughout my work.
I primarily work with ceramics, often integrating video, sound, and light to expand the narrative and sensory possibilities of my pieces. Shadow and texture are central elements in my practice, explored through manipulation of light and photographic techniques.
For me, ceramics are more than objects; they are vessels that hold stories embedded in their materials. By working with soils from drying rivers, I seek to uncover hidden narratives of ecological and social transformation. I listen to the material, allowing it to guide the making process, and in doing so, I emphasize the relationship between humans, non-humans, and the environment.
Through my work, I aim to create objects that convey the unseen stories of the world around us, connecting personal experience with broader cultural and ecological narratives.
Solo Exhibition:
2024/Ceramic and Sculpture Exhibition/ GHAMBAD (Struma)/ Vista Art Gallery/ Tehran
Group Exhibitions, Biennales, and Festivals:
2025/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Like September/ Vista Art Gallery, Tehran
2025/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Expectant – 8 Cube Gallery, Ava Platt, Tehran
2025/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Distraction/ Yafteh Art Gallery, Tehran
2024/ 12th National Ceramic Art Biennale of Iran/ Niavaran Cultural Center/ Tehran
2024/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Dreaming with Eyes Wide Open/ Nian Art Gallery, Tehran
2024/ Metres Ceramic Festival/ Cava Dei Tirreni/ Italy
2024/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Patternitecture/ Niavaran Cultural Center/ Tehran
2024/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Endless Treasures/ Sufi Art Gallery, Tehran
2024/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Hamoon/ Baashgah Art Gallery/ Tehran
2024/ Group Ceramic Exhibition/ 3th Flower Time/ Vista Art Gallery/ Tehran
2023/ Group Painting Exhibition/ Standing by Spring/ Vista Art Gallery / Tehran
2022/ Exhibition of Selected Works from the 4th Contemporary Vista Art Award/ Contemporary Era Gallery/ Isfahan
2022/ Group Exhibition/ 7th Small Paintings/ Aria Art Gallery/ Tehran
2022/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ Notebook/ Vali Art Gallery/ Tehran
2022/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ My Home/ Didar Art Gallery/ Tehran
2022/ Group Ceramic Exhibitions/ 2th Flower Time/ Vista Art Gallery/ Tehran
2021/ Selected Works from the 4th Contemporary Vista Art Award/ Tehran
2021/ Group Ceramic Exhibitions/ 1th Flower Time/ Vista Art Gallery/ Tehran
2020/ Group Exhibition/ 6th Small Paintings/ Aria Art Gallery/ Tehran
2017/ Group Ceramic Exhibition/ Frontier/ Iranian Artists Forum/ Tehran
2016/ Group Ceramic Exhibition/ Museum of Contemporary Art Isfahan/ Isfahan
2015/ Group Ceramic Exhibition/ Breakable/ Niavaran Cultural Center/ Tehran
2015/ Group Painting Exhibition/ Naqhshine / Iran Art Gallery/ Tehran
2013/ Group Painting Exhibition/ Golshan Jan/ Ibn Sina Cultural Center/ Tehran
Curatorial Projects:
2024/ Group Ceramic Exhibition/ #00a693/ Estakhr Art Gallery/ Tehran
2023/ Group Ceramic Exhibition/ Individual Subscription/ H Art Gallery/ Tehran
2022/ Multimedia Group Exhibition/ My Home/ Didar Art Gallery/ Tehran
2021, 2022, 2024/ Curating Three Group Ceramic Exhibitions/ Flower Time 1, 2 & 3/ Vista Art Gallery/ Tehran
2024/ Specialized Workshop on Ceramic Printmaking/ Matres Festival/ Italy
2024/ Specialized Workshop on Ceramic Printmaking/ Tehran University of Art/ Tehran
2023/ Specialized Workshop on Ceramic Printmaking/ Tabriz University of Art/ Tabriz
2023/ Specialized Workshop on Ceramic Printmaking/ Isfahan University of Art/ Isfahan
2023/ Artistic ceramics specialized course (Print on ceramic)/ Tehran ceramic house/ Tehran
2023/ Artistic ceramics specialized course (Print on ceramic)/ Alzahra University/ Tehran
2022/ Artistic ceramics specialized course/ “Shahrivar Ceramics”/ Persbook Art/ Tehran
2020/ Specialized “printing workshop in artistic ceramics”/ Iranian Academy of the Arts/ Tehran
2019/ Ceramics specialized course/ “Printing in Artistic Ceramics”/ Ceramos School/ Isfahan
2019/ Specialized “printing workshop in artistic ceramics”/ Soore University
2019-Present/ Specialized “printing courses in artistic ceramics”/ various schools
2023–Present/ International Academy of Ceramics ( AIC-IAC ), Geneva, Switzerland
2022–Present/ Artaxis Platform, USA
2019–Present/ Founder & Editor-in-Chief: Contemporary Ceramic Art e-journal, Iran Content
2017–Present/ Iranian Ceramics Artists Association/ Iran
2021/ Selected Works from the 4 th Contemporary Vista Art Award, Tehran
2021–Present/ Research and Practice in Ceramics (Clay) focusing on materiality and non-human narratives
2019–Present/ Instructor & Workshop Leader in ceramics, including experimental hand-printing and glaze techniques at universities and art institutes in Iran and Italy
2015–Present/ Ceramic Artist with over 10 years of professional practice and research in ceramics
Narges Farahani (born 1991) is an Iranian artist and independent curator. She holds a BA in Graphics and she began experimenting with pottery and ceramics in 2015. She creates works by focusing on the ceramic medium with a contemporary approach.
She also taught several courses in the field of contemporary art and curatorship between 2020 and 2021, including the history and theory of curatorial course, proposal writing for curators Course” the empty space studio, Elham Pouriamehr” and the contemporary art course, “Behnam Kamrani” and the idea to presentation course “Aria Art Gallery, Hamid Severi”
In addition to pottery and ceramics, she works with other mediums such as painting, video art, sound, and sometimes combines these media. In addition to participating in more than ten domestic and foreign group exhibitions, Narges Farahani has curated several exhibitions. She is also the founder of the first electronic publication in the field of artistic ceramics titled “Contemporary Ceramic Art” in Iran.
My artwork is a way to control the anxieties and stress that I have inside and it is a way to escape from the onslaught of thoughts that I suffer. This stress and worries cause me to not be able to talk to anyone and this lack of talking manifests itself in different ways in my work. My works are combined with ceramic and often with video, sound, and light. Shadow and texture are two important elements in my works, which I address by playing with light sources and the way I photograph.
Exhibitions & Festivals
– Selected for the fourth edition of Vista Contemporary Art Award/ Contemporary era gallery/ Isfahan/ 2022
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ 7th small paintings/Aria Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2022
– Multidisciplinary Group Exhibition/ Notebook/ Vali Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2022
– Multidisciplinary Group Exhibition/ My Home/ Didar Art Gallery/ Tehran/2022
– Selected for the fourth edition of Vista Contemporary Art Award/ Vista Art Gallery/ Tehran/2021
– Group Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings/ Micro-Macro/ Vista Art Gallery and Fornaresio Art Gallery/ Turin, Italy/ 2021
– Group Exhibition of Ceramics/ 1th and 2th of “Flower Time”/ VistaArt Gallery/
Tehran/2020 and 2021
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ 6th small paintings/ Aria Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2020
– Group Ceramic Based Exhibition /Frontier /Iranian Artists Forum / Tehran/ 2017
– Group Exhibition of Ceramics/ Museum of Contemporary Arts/ Isfahan/ 2016
– Participation in the 8th Fajr Visual Arts Festival/ Farhangistan Art Academy/ Tehran/ 2015
– Group Ceramic Based Exhibition/ Breakable/ Niavaran Cultural Center/ Tehran/ 2015
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ Naghshineh/ Iran Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2015
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ Golshan Jan/ Ibn-e Sina Cultural Center/ Tehran/ 2013
Curating
– “My Home” Multidisciplinary Group Exhibition/ Didar Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2022
– Group Exhibition of Ceramics/ 1th and 2th of “Flower Time”/ VistaArt Gallery/ Tehran/ 2020 and 2021
– Artistic ceramics specialized course/ “Shahrivar Ceramics”/ Persbook Art/ Tehran/ 2022
– Ceramics specialized course/ “From Idea to Presentation”/ Nik Afarin school/ Tehran/ 2021
– Specialized “printing workshop in artistic ceramics”/ Iranian Academy of the Arts/ Tehran/ 2020
– Ceramics specialized course/ “Printing in Artistic Ceramics”/ Ceramos School/ Isfahan/ 2019, 2022
– Specialized “printing workshop in artistic ceramics”/ Soore University/ 2019
– Specialized “printing courses in artistic ceramics”/ various schools/ 2019- Present
Narges Farahani (born 1991) is an Iranian artist and independent curator. She holds a BA in Graphics and she began experimenting with pottery and ceramics in 2015. She creates works by focusing on the ceramic medium with a contemporary approach.
She also taught several courses in the field of contemporary art and curatorship between 2020 and 2021, including the history and theory of curatorial course, proposal writing for curators Course” the empty space studio, Elham Pouriamehr” and the contemporary art course, “Behnam Kamrani” and the idea to presentation course “Aria Art Gallery, Hamid Severi”.
In addition to pottery and ceramics, she works with other mediums such as painting, video art, sound, and sometimes combines these media. In addition to participating in more than ten domestic and foreign group exhibitions, Narges Farahani has curated several exhibitions. She is also the founder of the first electronic publication in the field of artistic ceramics titled “Contemporary Ceramic Art” in Iran.
My artwork is a way to control the anxieties and stress that I have inside and it is a way to escape from the onslaught of thoughts that I suffer. This stress and worries cause me to not be able to talk to anyone and this lack of talking manifests itself in different ways in my work. My works are combined with ceramic and often with video, sound, and light. Shadow and texture are two important elements in my works, which I address by playing with light sources and the way I photograph.
Exhibitions & Festivals
– Selected for the fourth edition of Vista Contemporary Art Award/ Contemporary era gallery/ Isfahan/ 2022
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ 7th small paintings/Aria Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2022
– Multidisciplinary Group Exhibition/ Notebook/ Vali Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2022
– Multidisciplinary Group Exhibition/ My Home/ Didar Art Gallery/ Tehran/2022
– Selected for the fourth edition of Vista Contemporary Art Award/ Vista Art Gallery/ Tehran/2021
– Group Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings/ Micro-Macro/ Vista Art Gallery and Fornaresio Art Gallery/ Turin, Italy/ 2021
– Group Exhibition of Ceramics/ 1th and 2th of “Flower Time”/ VistaArt Gallery/
Tehran/2020 and 2021
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ 6th small paintings/ Aria Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2020
– Group Ceramic Based Exhibition /Frontier /Iranian Artists Forum / Tehran/ 2017
– Group Exhibition of Ceramics/ Museum of Contemporary Arts/ Isfahan/ 2016
– Participation in the 8th Fajr Visual Arts Festival/ Farhangistan Art Academy/ Tehran/ 2015
– Group Ceramic Based Exhibition/ Breakable/ Niavaran Cultural Center/ Tehran/ 2015
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ Naghshineh/ Iran Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2015
– Group Exhibition of Paintings/ Golshan Jan/ Ibn-e Sina Cultural Center/ Tehran/ 2013
Curating
– “My Home” Multidisciplinary Group Exhibition/ Didar Art Gallery/ Tehran/ 2022
– Group Exhibition of Ceramics/ 1th and 2th of “Flower Time”/ VistaArt Gallery/Tehran/2020 and 2021
– Artistic ceramics specialized course/ “Shahrivar Ceramics”/ Persbook Art/ Tehran/ 2022
– Ceramics specialized course/ “From Idea to Presentation”/ Nik Afarin school/ Tehran/ 2021
– Specialized “printing workshop in artistic ceramics”/ Iranian Academy of the Arts/ Tehran/ 2020
– Ceramics specialized course/ “Printing in Artistic Ceramics”/ Ceramos School/ Isfahan/ 2019, 2022
– Specialized “printing workshop in artistic ceramics”/ Soore University/ 2019
– Specialized “printing courses in artistic ceramics”/ various schools/ 2019- Present