Maryam Tabatabaei

Maryam Tabatabaei, a painter, was born in 1980. She holds a Master’s degree in Painting from the University of Art, Tehran (2006) and a Bachelor’s degree in Painting from Alzahra University, Tehran (2003). Since 2003, Tabatabaei has been actively participating in the Iranian and international art scene, with over 11 solo exhibitions of painting and drawing and more than 70 group exhibitions. She held her first solo exhibition in 2005 at Aria Gallery, and has since collaborated with galleries including Golestan, Elaheh, Art-Lab (Beirut), A Gallery, and Nian. Her works have also been presented at art fairs in Milan and Beirut. In addition to her artistic practice, Tabatabaei has been teaching drawing and painting since 2004 at various educational and university institutions. She currently teaches at the Boys’ Fine Arts High School and at Studio Kaghaz. Tabatabaei also works in illustration and printmaking, having illustrated more than fifty books for young readers.

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Solo Exhibitions
2023 — From the Sound of Breaking, Nian Gallery, Tehran
2021 — Amid Darkness, Nian Gallery, Tehran
2017 — Before Oblivion, A Gallery, Tehran
2016 — In the Name of the Window, Art-Lab Gallery, Beirut
2013 — Deprivation, Elaheh Gallery, Tehran
2009 — Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2008 — Aria Gallery, Tehran
2007 — Aria Gallery, Tehran
2007 — Khavaran Cultural Center (Youth), Tehran
2005 — Self-Portrait, Aria Gallery, Tehran

Group Exhibitions
2024 — See the Light in Between, Club Gallery, Tehran
2023 — Confused Metaphors, Club Gallery, Tehran
2021 — Parentheses / Series 1400, Nian Gallery, Tehran
2021 — Parentheses / First Series, Nian Gallery, Tehran
2020 — A Window to See – Online Exhibition, Asr Gallery, Tehran
2019 — If Not Exotic, Then What?, Building Bridges, California
2019 — Visual Arts Exhibition of the City, Pardis Mellat, Tehran
2019 — Individuals, Hamras Art Space, Tehran
2018 — Design as Living, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2018 — Iran; My Expanded Senses, Iran Cultural Center, Paris
2018 — O Gallery, Tehran
2018 — Fifth Annual Handprint Exchange (Postcard), Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2017 — Fourth Annual Handprint Exchange (Postcard), Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2017 — Tenth Seven Looks Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran
2017 — Memory: In Honor of Touran Mirhadi, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2017 — O Gallery, Tehran
2016 — Return, curated by Aidin Khankeshi-Pour, Nat Gallery, Tehran
2016 — Art-Lab Gallery, Beirut
2016 — Such a Dance, Mehrova Gallery, Tehran
2016 — 1001 Plates, Shirin Gallery, Tehran
2016 — Hammam, Atbin Gallery, Tehran
2016 — Selected Iranian Illustrators, Belgrade, Serbia
2015 — Third Annual Handprint Exchange (Postcard), Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2015 — Fereshteh Gallery, Tehran
2015 — Jana Gallery, Tehran
2014 — Second Annual Handprint Exchange (Postcard), Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2014 — Art-Lab Gallery, Beirut
2013 — Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2013 — 104 Windows, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2013 — Art for Peace, Vista Gallery, Tehran
2013 — Art for Peace, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran
2013 — History of Play, Etemad Gallery, Tehran
2012 — Fifth Seven Looks Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran
2012 — Curated by Aidin Khankeshi-Pour, Aria Gallery, Tehran
2012 — Laleh Gallery, Tehran
2012 — Aria Gallery, Tehran
2011 — Aria Gallery, Tehran
2011 — Elaheh Gallery, Tehran
2010 — One Hundred Works by One Hundred Artists, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2010 — Third Contemporary Design Festival of Iran, Sandozi Museum, Tehran
2010 — Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2009 — Free Designers Gallery, Tehran
2009 — One Hundred Works by One Hundred Artists, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2008 — Saghar Pezeshkian and Students, Aria Gallery, Tehran
2008 — One Hundred Works by One Hundred Artists, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2008 — Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2007 — Saghar Pezeshkian and Students, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran
2006 — Ahmad Vakili and Students, Jamshidieh Gallery, Tehran
2006 — Aria Gallery, Tehran
2004 — Saghar Pezeshkian and Students, Aria Gallery, Tehran
2003 — Ahmad Vakili and Students, Behzad Gallery, Tehran
2003 — Young Artists Festival, Tehran

Art Fairs and Biennials
2022 — On-Fair, Milan, presented by Nian Gallery
2014 — Beirut Art Fair, Beirut
2013 — 11th Illustration Biennial, Saba Art Academy, Tehran

Awards
2013 — Selected, Tehran Press Festival, Children and Teenagers Section
2009 — Selected, Munich White Crow Children’s Book Association, Germany

Maryam Tabatabaei's Artworks (11 Artworks)

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Maryam Tabatabaei's Exhibitions

In Person - Online

580Nanometre/ِYellow

Artibition

Group

November 28, 2025 - December 8, 2025

In Person - Online

Chaotic metaphors

baashgaah

Group

August 25, 2023 - September 25, 2023

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November 26, 2025

“With the clarity and power of yellow.”

The group exhibition “580 Nanometers / Yellow” will open on Friday, November 27, at Artibition Gallery. Curated by Pegah Behrouzfar, the exhibition features a selection of works by visual artists and professional designers. The aim of this event is to explore the boundary—and the boundarylessness—between design and the visual arts. It is an interdisciplinary project that, rather than merely linking design and visual art, examines the borders between them and the moments in which those borders dissolve.