Golnaz Afraz

Born in Tehran/Iran (1981)
Live in Strasbourg /France since 2008.
Golnaz explores notions of life in the philosophical sense, and in the everyday, all through analysing man and his relationship with nature and his surroundings.
Golnaz’s intention in her paintings is to create a story and to allow the viewer to draw their own conclusions. The starting point might be the memory of a scene from daily life or from a play or film she has seen. She paints this reality in multiple layers, depicting various fragments of time on the same plane and superimposing forms. She leaves sections of her paintings unfinished or in sketch form to give the work space to breathe.
And the nostalgie and identity subejct
With the humain relation with the time and fragolity of time

Golnaz Afraz explores a wide range of themes in her work, each resonating on both an individual and universal level. Her paintings investigate ideas of life in both a philosophical and everyday sense, often through an exploration of humanity’s relationship with nature, memory, and surrounding environments.

Golnaz’s intention is to create visual narratives that invite viewers to draw their own interpretations. The starting point of a painting may come from a remembered scene fro...

She attended the University of Azad in Tehran for her undergraduate studies in painting. She has also received two Masters of Arts in Fine Art - from the University of Tarbiat Modarres in Tehran and the University of Strasbourg in France. She has participated in several solo and joint exhibitions in Europe and Asia since 2005, including Art Paris at the Grand Palais in Paris.
B.A "Painting", University Azad , Tehran , Iran
M.A "Visual Arts", University of Strasbourg, France
M.A '' Painting '', University of Tarbit Modarres, Iran
Membership: Member of Association of Iranian Painters

Solo Exhibitions:

2025 Gallery Brûlée, Strasbourg
2024 "Dernière femme", centre d'art dudelange, Dudelange، luxembourg
2024 "J'ai quittée mon corps", autour de l،'image, lyon, France.
2023 Latuvu Gallery, Bâges, France
2022 Brulée Gallery , Strasbourg, France
2021 Autour de l'image Gallery, Lyon, France
2021 Brûlée Gallery, Strasbourg
2019 Sans frontieres , La villa d'illkirch, France
2019Brûlée Gallery, Strasbourg.
2017Brûlée Gallery Strasbourg, France
2015 Brûlée Gallery, strasbourg, France
2015 Brûlée Gallery, strasbourg, France
2012 Brûlée Gallery, strasbourg, France
2011 Mah Gallery,
Tehran 2010 Quedar Gallery
-The selected Young Artistes Exhibitions, Strasbourg-France
2008 Mah Gallery, Tehran

Group Exhibitions:

2026 affordble artfair brussel
2025 artmontpolier, Le cub vernet gallery
2025 conigsbygallery, london
2025 Brulee Gallery, Strasbourg
2025 Brussel artfair, Belgique
2025 London artfair, Gala fine art london
2024 Group show , Cube vernet Gallery Avignon, France
2024 group show ,Riana Raouna gallery, Nicosia, Cypres
2024 Saharboluky gallery,Toronto,Canada
2024 Amsteram artfair
2024 Fable de la fontaine, Brulée Gallery.France
2024...