Biography

Shohreh Mehran is a painter and a graphic designer. She graduated with a degree in Graphic Arts from the Tehran College of Arts. Often communicating by absence rather than presence, Mehran’s images capture and distil contemporary Iranian scenes and people, particularly in the urban and social context of Tehran. She has exhibited widely in Iran and her work has also been shown in group shows in Europe and the US including most recently, Etemad Gallery at Slick, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2010), IRAN TODAY, Brigitte Schenk Gallery, Koln (2010) and the United Nations in New York (2000).