Mahrokh Mofidnakhaei

Mahrokh Mofidnakhaei is an Iranian painter based in Manchester, UK. Working primarily in oil painting, her practice explores unstable interiors, memory, displacement, and the psychological tension of place. Through layered light, reflections, fragmented architectural forms and recurring objects, her paintings suggest spaces that feel familiar at first but gradually become uncertain.

She completed an MA in Painting at Manchester School of Art in 2024 and was selected for the second cohort of Apollo Painting School. Her work has been exhibited in the UK and internationally, including HOME Manchester, Grundy Art Gallery, and Radin Art Gallery.

2024 — MA Painting, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
2018 — MA Painting, Sooreh University, Tehran, Iran
2010 — BA Handicrafts, University of Art, Semnan, Iran
2025— Apollo Painting School, Cohort 2, Manchester, UK

2026 — Enhancing the Subject, UNITOM Projects, Manchester, UK
2026 — Manchester Open, HOME, Manchester, UK
2026 — Peripheries, 1853 Studios, Salford, UK
2026 — Apollo Painting School Presentation, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK
2026 — Unknown Direction, Solo Exhibition, Radin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
2025 — Rogue Women 4, Rogue Artists’ Studios, Manchester, UK
2024 — Harley Open, The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, UK