About
Hadieh Afshani is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice is shaped by lived experiences of migration, cultural displacement, and motherhood. Working across painting, mixed media, ceramics, and installation, she develops layered visual languages that reflect memory, transformation, and the emotional architecture of lived experience.
Her practice has evolved from early explorations of interior and psychological space toward broader questions of displacement, embodiment, and, most recently, the tension between chance and agency. Through process-driven methods that embrace transparency, repetition, and material risk, Hadieh investigates how meaning, hope, and identity are constructed in response to forces that cannot be fully controlled.
Her work often engages symbols of shelter, land, and the body as sites of resilience and becoming. Recurring motifs—such as architectural interiors, fragmented surfaces, and monumental trees—serve as metaphors for endurance, memory, and continuity across personal and collective histories. Ongoing projects examine how individuals navigate uncertainty while seeking connection, belonging, and freedom.
Born and raised in Iran, Hadieh completed her undergraduate studies in Fine Arts in Tehran before moving to Australia, where she received her graduate degrees from Griffith University. She has since lived and worked in the United States, exhibiting internationally and participating in residencies, collaborative projects, and community-based initiatives. Hadieh currently lives and works in the New York/New Jersey area.
