Golnesa Shirazi

My life path has consistently led me to art. My first formal pursuit was architecture, but my artistic
practice remained constant alongside my professional work. In Iran, I was part of the Artists
Council, and after relocating to Italy, painting became central to my practice. My background in
architecture influences my approach, particularly in the structural composition and layered
construction of my paintings.
My artistic medium is mainly mixed-media on canvas. My work extends the trajectory of abstract
expressionism into an inner, experiential realm without directly depicting nature, but evoking it;
shaped by memory, feeling, and perception.
Slender figures extend across the compositions, with forms resembling trees, shafts of light, or
luminous flames. Their repetition generates a rhythm akin to music.
In parts of my paintings, a misty, dreamlike quality unfolds across layers, as though the image
hangs suspended on the verge of appearing and dissolving.
Colour flows freely across the surface, dissolving, blending, and reforming. The structure is
layered, and architectural, including areas of stone-like textures.
The energy within my paintings is central to my practice. I work with intention, bringing a positive
and focused pres...

- 2019 Fashion Design, Accademia di Belle Arti Milano,
- 2013 Architecture, Tehran Art and Culture University,
- 2001 Computer Graphics, Tehran

-2022 Fiera, Milano
-2021 Fiera, Milano
-2020 Fiera, Milano
-2020 Group Exhibition Art Luxembourg
-2020 Solo Exhibition, Germany
-2019 Group Exhibition Sala Esposizione Rocco”Gran Gala Delle Arti ”, Milano
The Award** 1º PREMIO OLIO
-2019 Fiera, Milano
-2019 Group Exhibition Sala Esposizione Rocco, Milano
The Award** DIPLOMA for Honor **
-2017 At the Exhibition of Painting by the students of Prof. Golnesa Shirazi (L'ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE ARTE BA-ROCCO DI MILANO)
The Award** Diploma for Honor **
-2017 Group Exhibition Internazionale The Art “L’ Arte sui Navigli (L'ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE ARTE BA-ROCCO DI MILANO)
The Award** Diploma for Honor **
-2017 Group Exhibition Sala Esposizione Rocco, Milano
-2017 Group Exhibition (Association of Iranian Painters) Pardis-e Mellat Gallery, Tehran
-2016 Group Exhibition Art Factory (L'ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE ARTE BA-ROCCO DI MILANO)
The Award** Diploma for Honor **
-2016 Group Exhibition (Association of Iranian Painters) Research Expo.3-Members under 40, Tehran
-2015 Group Exhibition Contemporary Visual Art 387 ° Special edition: Autunno in Baggio (L'ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE ARTE BA-ROCCO IN MILANO)
Sala degli Olivetani, Cascina Monastero
-2015 Group Exhibition (L'ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE ARTE BA-RO...