Forough Yavari

Forough Yavari is an award-winning fine art portrait and fashion photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Inspired by her life experiences as a woman from a middle eastern country, Forough’s work focuses on portraying the narrative behind the lives of women from around the world.

Born in Iran during the Iranian Revolution, Forough was passionate about art from a young age, drawing and painting imaginary subjects as a child. She went on to formally pursue painting in university, where she discovered her passion for photography while modelling for a photography student.

Forough began creating digital art, combining her knowledge and technical expertise in painting and photography. In 2011, she moved to Australia, where she built her photography business and became established as an international photographer. Increasingly, she found her work to be influenced by her personal experience as a woman from a middle eastern country. Her interest in women’s issues led to two series, “Revision of Portraits” and “Eternal Icons,” which were exhibited in Iran and Australia.

Her recent series, “Salvation,” was motivated by the poetry of Langston Hughes, which she read during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement. These dramatic port...

2003 BA in Painting - Art University of Tehran, Iran
1996 Diploma: Experimental Science, Tehran, Iran

2024 “LA Art Show”, LA, United States
2023 “Contest Art Fair, Miami”, Miami, United States
2023 “The Summer Salon”, CCP Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2023 “This Time It’s Personal 2023”, Atrium gallery, Sydney
2023 “Online Photo Independent
2023 “LA Art Show”, LA, United States
2023 “Art Palm Beach Fair”, Palm Beach, United States
2022 “Contest Art Fair, Miami”, Miami, United States
2022 “Online Photo Independent”
2022 “Photo Independent”, Milan, Italy
2022 “LA Art Show”, LA, United States
2021 “Contest Art Fair, Miami”, Miami, United States
2021 “LA Art Show”, LA, United States
2021 “The Affordable Artfair”, UK
2020 “Femme” Group Exhibition, Celebrating Women in Photography, Verge Collective, Brisbane, QLD, AU
2013 Nocturnal Art Projection - City of Greater Dandenong Council- Melbourne, VIC, AU
2012 “Today's Men” - Group Exhibition- Collective Exhibition by Shadi Nouyani- Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 “Icons” Group Exhibition - curated by Anabelle Lacroix - Melbourne,VIC, AU
2012 “Crucifixion” - Group Exhibition- Collective Exhibition by Majid Abbasi Farahani, Mohsen Art Gallery - Tehran, Iran
2011 1st Modern and Contemporary Visual Art Auction- Group Exhibition - Tehran, Iran
2011 “Exhibition at The Studio”...