Born in 1984 in Tehran, Sarvenaz Farsian is the heir to a precious legacy from a distinguished lineage of Iranian jewelers—an artistic heritage reaching back over three thousand years, fl ourishing in the Achaemenid and Sasanian eras, revived with new spirit in the Islamic period, and renewed again in the Safavid and Qajar dynasties. This legacy—an interplay of exquisite refi nement and creativity—resonates deeply in Sarvenaz’s paintings, where motifs and patterns of jewelry emerge in living lines and colors, telling a silent story of continuity, unity, and beauty.
The decorative motifs of Iranian art embody unmatched precision and elegance, transcending visual beauty to carry profound philosophical meaning—refl ecting the Iranian worldview and the seamless dialogue between art and nature. Sarvenaz’s works echo this potent tradition, blending heritage and innovation into a timeless narrative of aesthetic endurance.
A self-taught artist, Sarvenaz regards painting as more than image-making; it is a profound, unconscious act—a meditative ritual that dispels daily cacophony and heals unseen wounds of the psyche. Every stroke is a message from within—a search for self-understanding and a reimagining of continuity upon the receptive canvas. Her work stands between the unconscious and conscious mind, a philosophical journey toward inner freedom and renaissance.
When her brush meets paper, she is submerged in the boundless realm of creation. This process goes beyond producing art—it is liberation from the constraints of time and self. In these moments, her canvas becomes a sacred temple where the subconscious communes with the soul, receiving a peace that transcends ordinary existence.
Her paintings are entirely intuitive and instinctual—she never knows what she will draw or how the work will conclude. For years, she has relied solely on a single pen, drawing continuous lines that pulse like the very heartbeat of thought and feeling.
Like the Zen masters, Sarvenaz views art as meditation rooted in the present moment. Her practice isn’t about perfecting the image, but allowing the mind and spirit to fl ow unmediated through the brush. Each line resonates with harmony, liberation, and a clarity that emerges only from purity and inner truth.
From a psychoanalytic perspective, her remarkable precision stems from a deep psychological need for control over the creative process—a trait likely originating in childhood through meticulous, time-consuming tasks that offered stability. Though such tendencies may sometimes feel burdensome, here they transform into tools of artistry, engendering psychological equilibrium.
Ultimately, Sarvenaz Farsian’s art transcends mere visual beauty; it narrates a profound inner journey. Her painting is a meditative act, and the pen—silent yet eloquent—guides her to the depths of being, weaving a seamless bridge between tradition and innovation, sophistication and purity, art and life.

2025 At “Gallery outsider inn”, Tehran, Iran,
2020 At “Arte Gallery Official”, Tehran, Iran, (Online Exhibition).
2018 At “Gallery Outsider inn//”, (Rismalism), Tehran, Iran.
2010 At “Studio kveta”, Tehran, Iran.

2025 “Bavan Gallery”, (For Nowruz) A selection by Fereydoun Ave, Tehran , Iran. March 14 to 31.
2025 “Halle Saint Pierre Museum”, (L Art Brut D IRAN) A selection by Morteza Zahedi & Martine Lusardy, Paris, France. February 12 to Jully 31.
2024 “Cavin Morris Gallery”, ( Transcendants ll) New York/ September
2024 “Cavin Morris Gallery”, (A Conference of Birds) New York/ 25 January
2023 “Cavin Morris Gallery”, (Fine Lines) New York/ 26 October
2023 “Homa Art Gallery”, (In the Midst of darkness, Light persists) Tehran, Iran
2023 “Calo Book Shop gallery”, (Salamx2 Projects) Curated by: Aiko Keiko & Umeka (Osaka-Japan)
2023 “Ethnorth gallery”, (Salamx2 Projects) Curated by: Aiko Keiko & Umeka (Tokyo- Japan)
2022 “Cavin Morris Gallery”, (Entitled Summer Improv) New York
2022 “Cavin Morris Gallery”, (Entitled natural abstraction) New York
2021 “Nian Art Gallery”, (Parenthesis) The1400 Series, Curated by: Aidin Khankeshipour, Tehran, Iran
2020 “Isfahan Museum Of Contemporary Art”, (Light Line) In Collaboration Whit Tehran Art Designers Gallery, Isfahan, Iran
2020 “Sohrab Art Gallery”, (Tension) Curated by: “Yalda Jamali” Tehran, Iran
2020 “Arte Gallery Official”, (Light Line) Curated by: “Mohsen Gholami & Mirta Arbab Saljooghi” Tehran, Iran
2020 “O Gallery”, (Visual Dialogue) Curated by: “Fereydoon Ave” Tehran, Iran
2019 “Galerie Jardin Persan”, (Iranian women Painters) Curated by: “Farnaz Mohammadi” Pau, France.
2019 “Polysemie Gallery”, Marseille, France
2019 “Galerie Weserkunst”, (Iranian women Painters) Curated by: “Farnaz Mohammadi”, Berlin, Germany.
2019 “Pardis Mellat Gallery”, (Khanehye Khooban), Curated by: “Farnaz Mohammadi”, Tehran, Iran.
2019 “Barg Art Gallery”, (Baghe Modavare Khatereh), Curated by: “Farnaz Mohammadi”, Tehran, Iran.
2018 “Polysemie Gallery”, Marseille, France
2018 “Polysemie Gallery”, Marseille, France.
2018 “DD art & cultural center”, Mazandaran, Iran.
2017 “XVA Gallery”, Dubai.
2017 “DD art & cultural center”, Mazandaran, Iran.
2016 “Six art Gallery”, (Auction) Tehran, Iran.
2014 “Laleh art Gallery”, (Drawing Annual auction), Tehran, Iran.
2013 “Laleh art Gallery”, (Drawing Annual auction), Tehran, Iran.
2012 “Laleh art Gallery”, (Octopus Group Exhibition), Curated by: “Morteza Zahedi”, Tehran, Iran.
2011 “Aria art Gallery”, (First Exhibition of small frame pictures), Tehran, Iran.

2024 “Outsider Art Fair”, New York
2023 “Outsider Art Fair”, New York
2022 “Outsider Art Fair”, New York
2017 “Switzerland Art fair”, Switzerland.

The Museum of De Stadshof Collection

2017 Installing the statue of the city with the title: “My garden has kept its sky tight in its arms.” Tehran, Iran.
2017 Attending in Norouz Colorful Eggs Festival, Tehran, Iran.

Cavin-Morris Gallery (NYC)
XVA Gallery (Dubai)

Image finds meaning for the viewer in the process of abstraction, and by taking the habit and repeated view of objects, phenomena and concepts it takes a new manifestation. Creating strange and innovated spaces is emphatically in relation with the viewer’s specific position. Imagination is in fact a narration, processed in human mind with no conflict with the reality. Imagination is the main factor behind formation of shape, color and visual elements in developing any image. It is the imagination which provides image counterparts in creating different spaces and meanings and allows the imaging to expand. An image as the product of imagination has a secondary objectivity. Image in absolute meaning seeks directness and boundlessness. Pure image is free from literary attributes; and is a conceptual being, the creator of which has created it genuinely through various visual perceptions and expressions, which somehow can attend narration as well. My collection of work has been developed based on this theory. Pictures free from any narration, a kind of expressive figures which lead to the extraction of a rational and lyrical abstraction from their context by giving priority to form. My pictures benefit from an abstractive structure; however, developing such structure is highly dependent to creativity though it appears its file has been closed for so long in today’s art.

Sarvenaz Farsian / August 2017