AZADEH RAZAGHDOOST
Contemporary Iranian Artist
Biography
Azadeh Razaghdoost (b. 1979, Tehran) is an Iranian painter whose practice explores emotion, memory, and the tensions of the human condition. Her paintings are marked by an expressive use of deep crimson, a color that recurs throughout her work as a reference to love, desire, violence, and blood.
Razaghdoost studied painting at Tehran’s University of Art, graduating in 2002. Working primarily with oil and pencil on canvas, she combines expressive gestures with layered surfaces, allowing fragments of literary and personal imagery to emerge through the process of painting. Poetry has remained an important influence on her practice, with works and series drawing from writers including William Blake, Charles Baudelaire, and Ingeborg Bachmann.
Her work has been exhibited extensively in Iran and internationally, including presentations at museums, galleries, and art fairs across Europe and the Middle East. Her works are held in public and private collections, including the Vallpalou Foundation in Lleida, Spain. Razaghdoost lives and works in Karaj, Iran.
Selected Works
From "Les Fleur Du Mal" series, Oil and pencil on canvas (Diptych), 210 × 360 cm overall, Each panel: 210 × 180 cm, 2008
From "Shadow of Eden" series, Oil on canvas (Diptych), 150 × 200 cm, 2012
Oil and pencil on canvas, 150 × 100 cm, 2008