Hadieh Afshani is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice is shaped by her lived experiences.
Hadieh 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.
Works
Land Connection reflects on the emotional and cultural bonds between body, memory, and place. Initiated during a residency in Mexico, the series considers land as a living archive—one that holds histories far longer than individual human experience. Through architectural forms, fragmented surfaces, and figurative elements, the works explore the tension between rootedness and movement, permanence and change.
Working with painted ceramics, Afshani introduces acts of fracture and reconstruction as part of the process. Completed images are deliberately broken and reassembled, leaving visible absences that cannot be fully restored. This gesture mirrors the experience of growing out of places and memories—carrying fragments forward while accepting loss as part of survival. Land Connection becomes a meditation on how identity is shaped through rupture, repair, and the freedom found in what remains.
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The Cultural Center
New York, 2024
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Greenspacing
Copenhagen, 2022
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The Float House
Los Angeles, 2023
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The Cultural Center
Interior restoration of a beloved space for artistic expression.
Greenspacing
An observation deck created from recycled materials to honor the outlands.
The Float House
Seamlessly buoyant to inspire wonder and safeguard our ecosystem.
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About
Location
348 Mana Contemporary, NJ
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.
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