Sima Kahaki

Iranian multidisciplinary artist based in Malta.


Born in Tehran in 1992, Sima Kahaki is an independent, multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, performance, and curatorial projects. Currently based in Malta, her work explores themes of individual identity and collective human connection through various mediums.
Sima graduated in Industrial Engineering from Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, in 2013, while simultaneously pursuing visual arts studies under Iranian artist Alireza Asanloo from 2010 to 2020. During the last five years of this period, she also worked as his assistant and contributed to the curatorial practices for several solo exhibitions, workshops, and live performances. Alongside her personal practice, she has taught drawing and painting since 2015.
Her international experience includes invitations from UNESCO to participate in ArtCamp Baku (Azerbaijan, 2022) and ArtCamp Malta (2022), leading to collective exhibitions in both countries. Her recent solo exhibition, “The ‘I’ in ‘We’,” was presented in November 2024 till January 2025 at MUŻA, Malta’s National Museum of Art. She currently develops her paintings and sculptures from “Sima Kahaki St...

Bachelor of Industrial Engineering
Systems Planning and Analysis
Islamic Azad University - Tehran South (2010 - 2014)

SOLO EXHIBITION:

“The I in We”, at “MUZA”, National Museum of Art, Valletta, Malta. (Nov 2024 - Jan 2025)



COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

“With My Roots”, Mall Galleries, Capital Art London. London, (May 2026)

“But I See Beauty And Wonder”, Spazju Kreattiv, Malta's Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta. (Nov 2024 - Jan 2025)

“The Wind is Blowing in the Alley”, Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran. (Aug- Sep 2024)

“Colors for the Planet”, UNESCO`s headquarters, Miró Halls, Paris. (Sep 2024)

“Colors for Peace”, National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta, Malta. Nov 2022)

“Colors for Peace”, International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan (Sep 22)



CURATORIAL PRACTICES:

Curating a solo exhibition for Maltese artist Stiefnu De Battista, Art by the Seaside Gallery, Senglea, Malta. (April 2023)