List of Iranian women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Iran or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

A

 * Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist, based in Los Angeles, California
 * Samira Abbassy (born 1965), Iranian-born British painter, based in New York City
 * Clara Abkar (1916–1996), Iranian-born Armenian miniaturist and gilder
 * Golnar Adili (born 1976), artist based in Brooklyn, New York
 * Shahla Aghapour, painter, sculptor, performance art, author, gallery director
 * Shiva Ahmadi (born 1975), painter, video artist, and installation artist, based in the San Francisco Bay Area
 * Shirin Aliabadi (1973–2018), visual artist, previously based in Tehran
 * Samira Alikhanzadeh (born 1967), painter
 * Morehshin Allahyari (born 1985), artist active since 2007, educator, based in Brooklyn
 * Afruz Amighi (born 1974), sculptor, installation art, based in Brooklyn
 * Nazgol Ansarinia (born 1979), painter
 * Shahla Arbabi (born 1945), mixed media artist, based in Washington D.C.
 * Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946), painter late in life, but best known as the second licensed female aircraft pilot of Iran
 * Matilda Aslizadeh (born 1976), Iranian-born Canadian video artist, photography, and installation artist; based in Vancouver, Canada.

B

 * Nairy Baghramian (born 1971), sculpture and mixed media artist, based in Berlin
 * Sonia Balassanian (born 1942), Armenian-Iranian painter, sculptor, installation artist, and curator; based in New York City and Yerevan
 * Fatemeh Behboudi (born 1985), photographer, photojournalist

C

 * Shaghayegh Cyrous (born 1987), interdisciplinary, activist, and social practice artist, based in San Francisco

D

 * Parisa Damandan (born 1967), photographer, art historian
 * Iran Darroudi (born 1936–2021), contemporary artist
 * Solmaz Daryani (born 1989), photographer
 * Gohar Dashti (born 1980), photographer, video artist

E

 * Maryam Eisler, Iranian-born, London-based photographer, editor, and author
 * Fatemeh Emdadian (born 1955), sculptor
 * Soheila Esfahani, Iranian-born Canadian installation artist, sculptor, and educator; based in London, Ontario, Canada
 * Parvaneh Etemadi (born 1947/1948), painter, draftsperson, printer and collagist; based in Tehran

F

 * Atena Farghadani (born 1987), cartoonist, political activist
 * Homa Vafaie Farley, Iranian-born potter and ceramist
 * Tannaz Farsi (born 1974), sculptor and multidisciplinary artist, based in Eugene, Oregon
 * Golnaz Fathi (born 1972), contemporary artist
 * Bita Fayyazi (born 1962), sculptor and ceramist known for Iranian public art projects
 * Chohreh Feyzdjou (1955–1996), sculpture, installation art
 * Parastou Forouhar (born 1962), installation artist based in Germany
 * Soraya French (born 1957), painter, writer

G

 * Pariyoush Ganji (born 1945), painter based in Tehran
 * Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005), painter
 * Shadi Ghadirian (born 1974), photographer, based in Tehran
 * Bita Ghezelayagh (born 1966), sculptor based in Tehran and London
 * Hengameh Golestan (born 1952), photographer

H

 * Nahid Hagigat (born 1943), illustrator, printmaker and painter in New York
 * Fariba Hajamadi (born 1957), visual artist based in New York City.
 * Gita Hashemi (born 1961), transdisciplinary artist based in Toronto, Canada
 * Maryam Hashemi (born 1977), visual artist based in London
 * Taraneh Hemami (born 1960), visual artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area
 * Sooreh Hera (born 1973), photographer, artist, born in Tehran
 * Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012), contemporary artist
 * Shirazeh Houshiary (born 1955), installation artist, sculptor
 * Sheree Hovsepian (born 1974), collage artist and photographer, based in New York City.

J

 * Rana Javadi (born 1953), photographer in Tehran.
 * Pouran Jinchi (born 1959), calligrapher, painter, sculptor, active in New York since 1990s

K

 * Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter based in Sydney
 * Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2003), painter
 * Amineh Kazemzadeh (born 1963), painter
 * Simin Keramati (born 1970), Iranian-born Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist and activist
 * Sanam Khatibi (born 1979), Iranian-born contemporary artist based in Belgium
 * Laleh Khorramian (born 1974), Iranian-American multidisciplinary visual artist
 * Arghavan Khosravi (born 1984), Iranian-born American painter and sculptor
 * Sahar Khoury (born 1973), American sculptor, of Iranian and Jordanian-Palestinian descent

L

 * Farideh Lashai (1944–2013), abstract painter, writer, and translator

M

 * Tala Madani (born 1981), Iranian-born American painter
 * Nadia Maftouni (born 1966), painter, academic researcher, Islamic theologist, philosopher, and author
 * Saba Masoumian (born 1982), contemporary artist
 * Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist artist, educator
 * Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, works including installation art, photography
 * Laleh Mehran, Iranian-American multimedia artist and professor
 * Alina Mnatsakanian (born 1958), Iranian-Armenian Switzerland-based visual artist
 * Mandana Moghaddam (born 1962), Iranian-Swedish visual artist
 * Neda Moridpour, Iranian-American artist, educator, active since 2012
 * Noreen Motamed (born 1967), painter
 * Nurieh Mozaffari (born 1960), Iranian-Canadian contemporary painter

N

 * Malekeh Nayiny (born 1955), artist based in Paris
 * Shirin Neshat (born 1957), visual artist based in New York
 * Mina Nouri (born 1951), painter
 * Anahita Norouzi (born 1988), Iranian-Canadian artist
 * Guity Novin (born 1944), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, graphic designer

O

 * Farah Ossouli (born 1953), painter based in Iran

R

 * Tarlan Rafiee (born 1980), contemporary artist and curator
 * Sara Rahbar (born 1976), contemporary mixed-media artist, based in New York
 * Pantea Rahmani (born 1971), contemporary artist
 * Raha Raissnia (born 1968), contemporary artist
 * Anahita Razmi (born 1981), German-born contemporary artist of Iranian descent, based in London and Berlin
 * Shokouh Riazi (1921–1965), modernist painter

S

 * Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), impressionistic painter
 * Maryam Salour (born 1954), sculptor, ceramist, painter
 * Ashraf os-Saltaneh (1863–1914), princess, photographer of the Qajar period, and one of the earliest women photographers and journalists
 * Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh (born 1962), painter, weaver, calligrapher, who works with her feet
 * Golnar Servatian (born 1977), cartoonist, illustrator
 * Massoumeh Seyhoun (1934–2010), painter, gallerist, curator
 * Hadieh Shafie (born 1969), painter, based in the United States
 * Shirana Shahbazi (born 1974), photographer, installation artist, based in Switzerland
 * Naz Shahrokh (born 1969), miniature painting, sculptures, installation art, land art, and video art
 * Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), best known for her mirror mosaics, sculptor, painter, textile designer
 * Sara Shamsavari (born 1979), British-Iranian multidisciplinary artist
 * Mojgan Shajarian (born 1970), Iranian painter, designer, musician
 * Soheila Sokhanvari (born 1964), Iranian painter and multi-media artist, based in Cambridge, UK
 * Sheida Soleimani (born 1990), Iranian-American multidisciplinary artist, based in Rhode Island

T

 * Taravat Talepasand (born 1979), Iranian-American painter and sculptor, based in Oregon.
 * Newsha Tavakolian (born 1981), photographer, photojournalist

Z

 * Maryam Zandi (born 1946), photographer
 * Leila Zelli (born 1981), Iranian-born Canadian installation artist and painter
 * Niloofar Ziae (born 1962), painter, educator
 * Minoosh Zomorodinia, Iranian-born American visual artist, curator, and educator in San Francisco