Ayda Roozbayani (b. 1995) is a Tehran-based figurative painter who holds a BA in painting from Alzahra University. She has mounted several solo exhibitions in Iran - for example, the 2023 show Suburb and her 2025 The Edges at Sarai Gallery - and gained wider attention with group shows (including the KHOR 2022 artists exhibition) and art fairs abroad. In 2024 she made her international debut at Untitled Art Miami Beach. Roozbayani works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pencil and collage, merging classical and contemporary styles. Her subjects often fuse human figures with natural and industrial settings, exploring how modern life (and especially industrialization) affects people’s emotions and psyches. Water is a particularly important motif in her imagery, serving as a metaphor for mystery and introspection and often marking the boundary separating the figures from the rest of the world. Through these elements, Roozbayani conveys a collective feeling of confusion, solitude, and quiet anticipation in contemporary existence.
