Parastoo Mahmoudi

Parastoo Mahmoudi is a Canadian-Iranian Artist, who lives in Toronto. She started practicing her primary drawing skills in 1996 and advanced her skills under world-renowned Artists such as: Manouchehr Motabar, Mohammad Hossein Maher, and Maryam Mahin over the next 10 years. Under their guidance she studied the anatomy of the human body and subsequently portraits in great detail by drawing and sculpting life models and experimenting with different media and styles. Parastoo joined the Drawing and Painting program in OCAD University, in September of 2018. She has exhibited multiple painting collections across the world in Tehran, Dubai, and Toronto.

Studying drawing and painting at OCAD University

Feminist Festival; Ada Slaight Gallery; OCAD University; Toronto, Canada. 2020
Anijam competition; 13th annual TAIS Animation showcase; 10 Sec High-Tension animation; Royal Cinema, Toronto, Canada. 2019
Group Exhibition; Ada Slaight Gallery; OCAD University; Toronto, Canada. 2019
Solo exhibition; Toronto Public Library;
Toronto, Canada. 2017
Group exhibition; Opera hall; Toronto, Canada. 2016
Group exhibition; Opera hall; Toronto, Canada. 2015
Group exhibition; Opera hall; Toronto, Canada. 2014
Solo painting exhibition; Total Arts Gallery; Dubai, UAE. 2011
Solo drawing exhibition; Arta Gallery; Tehran, Iran. 2005
Solo painting exhibition; Baran Gallery; Tehran, Iran. 2004
Group showing; Total Arts Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2003
Group exhibition painting; Baran Gallery; Tehran, Iran 2002
Group exhibition drawing; Mani Gallery; Tehran, Iran 1998
Group exhibition drawing; Mansoureh Hosseini Gallery; Tehran, Iran 1999
Group exhibition drawing; Baran Gallery; Tehran, Iran 1999
Group exhibition Painting; Mansoureh Hosseini Gallery; Tehran, Iran 1999