Afsaneh Akhoondi

Afsaneh Akhoondi is a Toronto-based visual artist whose mixed-media practice includes painting, drawing, printmaking, and installation. Drawing from her life experiences, she creates work grounded in the social and political changes she witnessed in Iran, including revolution, war, sanctions, and women’s protests. Since immigrating to Canada, she has explored identity and cultural continuity between her homeland and her new environment. Afsaneh has held over eight solo exhibitions and participated in numerous national and international group shows in Canada, Iran, Italy, Switzerland, and France. Moreover, in Toronto, she has conducted workshops for the TDSB, TPL, North York non-profits, and the City of Toronto. In Iran, she served as a faculty member, art teacher, coordinator, programmer, and portfolio organizer. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Painting, an MFA from Azad Art University in Tehran, and an Arts Management certificate from Centennial College in Toronto.

Certificate in Arts Management

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Painting

Solo Exhibitions
● 2026 Frittilaria’s Daughters, North York Central Library, TPL’s Art Exhibits Space program
● 2020 The Pieces, Saye Gallery, Tehran (Installation)
● 2017 Pieces, Pfarrzentrum Liebenau, Graz, Austria (3-person show)
● 2016 The Stars, Dena Gallery, Tehran (Mixed Media)
● 2013 My Personal Myths, Private Show, Tehran
● 2010 My Generation, Golestan Gallery, Tehran (Drawing)
● 2009 About My Generation, Mehrva Gallery, Tehran
● 2005 Black Box, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
● 1998 Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran
Selected Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs
● 2025 Art Gem Silent Auction, Liberty Grand, Toronto, Canada
● 2024 Journey, Artscape, Toronto, Canada
● 2023 Women of Courage, Montgomery Museum
● 2023 Women of Courage, Gibson Museum, Toronto
● 2021 Sin1400, Mica Gallery, Iran
● 2020 Corona and Renaissance, Dangers-Gallery, Iran
● 2018 BCN3 Expo, Monumental Art Center, Madrid
● 2017 Art Parma Fair, Italy
● Master Classes Club for UNESCO, Paris Art Fair, International Painting Symposium 2016
● 2016 Euro Expo Art, Forlì, Italy
● 2015 Montreux Art Gallery, Switzerland
● 2013 Satura Gallery, Genoa, Italy
● 2009 Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
● 2008 Contemporary Museum, Isfahan, Iran
● 2007 Arya Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
● 2000–2012 ...