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"Samila Amirabrahimi, an Iranian painter, designer, and printmaker, was born in 1950 in Tehran. She received a bachelor's degree in Law and Political Science from the University of Tehran and later, with a focus on art, completed courses in engraving and manual printmaking (calco-graphy) at the École Supérieure des Arts et Industries in Paris. In 1978, Amirabrahimi also earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland." Amir-Ebrahimi began her professional career in the early 1970s with solo exhibitions at Khaneh Aftab and Ghandriz Hall in Tehran. Over the following decades, her works have been featured in more than twenty solo exhibitions and numerous group shows in Iran and abroad. Among her notable solo exhibitions are The Trees Die Standing (Golestan Gallery, 1989), Scorched Earth (Arya Gallery, 1994), Cycles (Iranian Artists Forum, 2004), Pastel (Vista Gallery, 2015), and A Look at the Paintings of Samila Amir-Ebrahimi (Hoor Gallery, 2022). Her works have also been exhibited in international print triennials and biennials in France and Italy. Amir-Ebrahimi’s art offers a poetic reflection on the city, nature, and social life. The human condition and urban spaces form the central themes of her work — where personal experience merges with visual expression to depict the cultural and inner transformations of contemporary Iranian society.
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Solo Exhibitions
1971 – Khaneh Aftab, Tehran
1973 – Portraits, Ghandriz Hall, Tehran
1974 – Sullivan Gallery
1975 – Uprising, Naqsh Hall, Tehran
1989 – The Trees Die Standing, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1990 – Work and Life, Sabz Gallery, Tehran
1991 – Still Life and Interior, Sepehri Gallery, Tehran
1992 – Faces and Masks, Sabz Gallery, Tehran
1992 – Classic Gallery, Isfahan
1993 – A Review of Twenty Years of Engraving and Printmaking, Sabz Gallery, Tehran
1993 – Afrand Gallery, Tehran
1994 – Scorched Earth, Arya Gallery, Tehran
1994 – Bamdad Gallery, Tehran
1994 – Painting and Printmaking, Iranian Cultural House, Cologne
1996 – City at Night, Arya Gallery, Tehran
1997 – Nature and the City, Arya Gallery, Tehran
1998 – Nights and Shadows, Arya Gallery, Tehran
2001 – Labyrinth, Arya Gallery, Tehran
2002 – A Review of Thirty-Five Years of Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture, Private Exhibition
2004 – Cycles, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2006 – Small is Beautiful, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2008 – Print-Painting, Dey Gallery, Tehran
2009 – Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2014 – For the Tree, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2015 – Pastel, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2016 – The Ancients, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2018 – Things and Places, Hoor Gallery, Tehran
2021 – Suspension, Inja Hall, Tehran
2022 – A Look at the Paintings of Thamila Amir-Ebrahimi, Hoor Gallery, Tehran
2025 – Situation, O Gallery, Tehran
Group Exhibitions
1979 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1997 – Barg Gallery, Tehran
1999 – The First Tehran International Drawing Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
1999 – Arya Gallery, Tehran
2000 – International Art Exhibition, New York
2000 – The Silent Brush, Atrium Gallery, Washington
2000 – Arya Gallery, Tehran
2002 – Through the Mist, Dan Meloni Gallery, Los Angeles
2007 – Voices from Tehran, Pistoia City Hall, Florence
2008 – 100 Works by 100 Artists, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2009 – The Rooster and the Pomegranate, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2009 – Three Woodcut Works with Twelve Young Artists, Mehrva Gallery, Tehran
2012 – Another Look: Three Generations of Iranian Women Painters, Pardis Mellat Gallery, Tehran
2012 – Contemporary Printmaking, Saba Cultural Institute, Tehran
2013 – Second Exhibition of Paintings for Sale: Several Generations of Iranian Contemporary Artists, Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2015 – Alleys, O Gallery, Tehran
2016 – Contemporary Visual Arts Development Institute, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2017 – Pattern Binder, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2018 – Drawing as Living, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2018 – Self in Another Perception, Saye Gallery, Tehran
2018 – 6th International Art for Peace Festival, Pardis Mellat, Tehran
2018 – One, Pol Gallery, Tehran
2018 – Group Exhibition for the Benefit of Schizophrenia Patients, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2021 – Her Gaze: The Painter, Inja Hall, Tehran
2021 – She (Online Exhibition), Inja Hall, Tehran
2021 – Opportunity, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2022 – An Elegy for Flowers…, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
2023 – The Sound of Not Breathing, Saray Gallery, Mahshahr
2024 – Hidden Curtains, Revealed Curtains, O Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Doross No. 34, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Notebook, Afrand Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Projects of the Decades | 1950–1940, Ev Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Bright Purple Belongs to the Zembagh Women, Eight/Cube Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Your Iran, Nian Gallery, Tehran
2024 – Afrat, Pi Gallery, Sanandaj
2025 – Women of the Shahnameh, Yafteh Gallery, Tehran
Biennials and Triennials
1997 – The 4th Painting Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
2003 – The 6th International Triennial of Small Prints: Calcography, AMAC, Chamalières
2005 – The 4th International Small Format Engraving Exhibition: Art and Printing Machine, Cremona, Italy
2006 – The 7th International Triennial of Small Prints: Calcography, AMAC, Chamalières
2008 – The 9th International Biennial of Calcography, Acqui Terme, Italy
