Studio
Niloofar K. Afshar
Persian illumination as a living visual language, shaped through drawing, gold, pigment, and manuscript-informed structure.
The Practice
I work in the tradition of Tazhib, Persian illumination, reinterpreted through contemporary scale, surface, and material: gold, ink, colour, and layered paper.
My practice draws from the visual grammar of Persian illumination and ornamental fine art, held as a living language rather than a historical reference. I trained formally under master artist Mohsen Aghamiri at the Shidnegar Institution; the work is grounded in that discipline and shaped by repeated drawing and manuscript-informed structure.
More about the studioThe Work
Selected works
The artworks live with Nilpar Gallery, which holds the public record, dimensions, and acquisition correspondence. Here they sit closer to where they were made. Each piece links through to its entry at the gallery.
Most recent
Earth
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The work continues in the studio, slowly, and is shown through Nilpar Gallery.