Shirin Ovissi

Shirin Oveissi is a London-based artist working in abstract painting. Her practice explores colour as a physical and emotional force, building layered surfaces where gesture, structure, and intuition interact.

Her work develops through an accumulative process, allowing forms to emerge rather than being pre-planned. This creates compositions that shift between control and spontaneity, surface and depth.

Working primarily with acrylics, oils, and pastels, she explores how colour generates movement, tension, and transformation. While non-representational, her paintings are informed by natural systems such as growth, repetition, and change.

Her practice focuses on the relationship between material, process, and perception, creating works that invite slow looking and emotional response.

Master of Research (MRes) in Art
Doctoral studies in Art (prior to studio practice)

2016 – Solo exhibition, Brick Lane Gallery, London
2018 – Group exhibition, Kulturhaus Kosmos, Zurich
2019 – Group exhibition, Flyer Art Gallery, New York
2020 – Solo exhibition, Copeland Gallery, London
2021 – Exhibition, Peckham Festival, London
2022 – Solo exhibition, La Pompe Art Gallery, Paris
2023 – Group exhibition, Switzerland
2024 – Presentation, New York
2025 – Presentation, New York
2025 – Studio practice / selected presentations