Azita Panahpour

Azita Panahpour (born in Tehran, Iran) is a contemporary abstract artist living in New York. In her Shattered Poems paintings, she explores feelings of transformation, memory, and identity, by creating a dynamic gestural vocabulary drawn from the Persian alphabet. The letter's sculptural curves, lines, and shapes become the basis of a visual dialogue, built with variations in scale, repetition, and sense of ephemeral movement. The images—set in multi-layered, distressed backgrounds—dance, fall, intertwine, and emerge with a deep emotional statement that transcends any literary expression. The Shattered Poems are a collision of past and present, loss and hope, culture and art, an individual depiction of a universal sentiment.
 
A multi-disciplinary artist, Azita’s works are in private and corporate collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Hyatt Hotel.

2025 Nature & Form, Sculptural Dialogues Across Time & Place, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
2024 Deck the Walls, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
2024 Edition Fair - Leila Heller Gallery
2024 ‘...I Kept The Night Vigil…’ Exploring Women’s Voices Across & Beyond the Middle East, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai
2023 The National Arts Club, New York, solo exhibition
2023 The Powerhouse Arts, MvVOART, top ten artist
2023 Breaking Barriers-The Art from Iran, Sausalito Center for the Arts, California
2022 Venice International Art Fair, Italy
2021 London Paint Club
2021 MvVOART, Ad Art Show
2020 The Other Art Fair LA 2020 (online)
2020 MvVOART, Ad Art Show New York Oculus
2018 Sotheby's, MvVOART, Ad Art Show
2018 The Other Art Fair Brooklyn
2017 The Other Art Fair Brooklyn