About the artist:
Memory and motion are important characteristics in Nastaran Shahbazi's practice, drawing on her experience moving between Tehran, Paris, and Hong Kong before finally setting back in Paris. With allusions to Manet and Degas, the characters featured in her work are often anonymous, born in her sketches of physical locations and experiences, taking root in her final compositions and residing in these personal and cinematic scenes. Shahbazi's paintings offer the viewer several paths, leaving one the freedom to create a personal and intimate relationship with the canvas.
Born in 1982 in Kerman, Iran, Nastaran Shahbazi lives and works in Paris, France. Shahbazi's work first debuted in the US at The Hole in January 2023, as part of the group show The Midnight Hour, curated by Scroll. She had her first US solo exhibition, To The Butterflies, with Scroll in Fall 2023. Shahbazi has also exhibited with V1 Gallery, Copenhagen; Ojiri Gallery, London; and Galería Pelaires, Palma. Her second solo exhibition with Scroll will take place in Fall 2026.
Specs:
Echoing the domestic and intimate interior scenes of the Intimism movement, in “Aida In The Mirror”, Shahbazi renders a dreamlike vignette of solitude and introspection. The ambiguous room is filled with feminine figures, each keeping to themselves and their preoccupations. A girl pensively studies a book depicting a detail of Diego Velázquez's “Las Meninas”, and an interpretation of Francisco Goya's “La maja desnuda” hangs on the back wall. A mirror reflects an outdoor landscape, while plants multiply across the background, collapsing reality of what is inside and out.More
- Unframed
- Signed
4:00 PM, Mar 5, 2026.
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