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

2026—Taalogh, Zam Gallery, Tehran

2026—Zibaei-shenasi-ye Zaval, Likeh Art Factory, Kashan,
Iran

2026— Nameha, Ivan Gallery, Tehran

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

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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.