Negin Fallah Iranian , b. 1985

biography

Negin Fallahmoghadami (b. 1985, Iran) is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Rome, Italy. Her practice spans painting, drawing, and printmaking, shaped by academic studies in graphic design, interior design, and printmaking, and deepened by nearly two decades of living and working across cultures.

Drawing from literature, human behavior, and the psychology of inner transformation, her work explores the essential contrasts that define human experience: isolation and belonging, renewal and decay, presence and absence. She understands these tensions not as obstacles but as necessary forces, the very conditions through which growth becomes possible.

Her imagery reflects emotional landscapes where vulnerability meets resilience, hope surfaces through despair, and chaos opens space for clarity. Inspired by the rhythms of nature and the cycles of universal law, day and night, seasonal shifts, desert and sea, she finds in the external world a mirror for our inner lives. Contrast, in her practice, is not conflict. It is a call to awareness.

At the heart of her work is a search for what remains when the familiar falls away: the quiet strength revealed through rupture, the luminous potential awakened when we are cracked open to something new. Through painting, she invites viewers into a shared unfolding, one that connects personal reflection with collective experience, and the particular with the universal.

Her work has been presented internationally, with selected exhibitions including Corner MAXXI, Rome; Casa della Cultura, Rome; Firetti Contemporary, UAE; Espace Saint-Remi, Bordeaux; HUB Kuwait, Kuwait; Iwan Maktabi, Beirut; and 392RMEIL393, Beirut.
Works
- Negin Fallah
  Beyond the infinite , 2021
  Acrylic on canvas
  50 x 50 cm
  Series: Beyond the infinite
  
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- Negin Fallah
  Beyond the infinite , 2021
  Acrylic on canvas
  50 x 50 cm
  Series: Beyond the infinite
  
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- Negin Fallah
  Breath of Kilim #02, 2021
  Oil & acrylic on canvas
  110 x 81 cm
  
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- Negin Fallah
  Breath of Kilim #03, 2021
  Oil & acrylic on canvas
  110 x 81 cm
  
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- Negin Fallah
  House of Power #01 in collaboration with Mark Ghassoub, Lebanese cinemaphotographer & stencil artist , 2021
  Silver leaf, gouache and stencil on cotton paper
  65 x 56 cm
  
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- Negin Fallah
  House of Power #02 in collaboration with Mark Ghassoub, Lebanese cinemaphotographer & stencil artist , 2021
  Silver leaf, gouache and stencil on cotton paper
  65 x 56 cm
  
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- Negin Fallah
  Beyond the Infinite, 2019
  Gouache on paper
  56 cm x 56 cm (framed with glass)
  
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- Negin Fallah
  In the realm of nature , 2019
  Gouache and pencil on paper
  70 x 50 cm
  
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Exhibitions
- Contours of Belonging
  Collective exhibition | Firetti Contemporary, Dubai 14 - 30 Nov 2024
  In Contours of Belonging , we bring together the work of three female artists whose backgrounds, experiences, and practices converge in a shared exploration of cultural heritage, personal memory, and...
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- Eyes Wide Shut
  Collective Exhibition | Firetti Contemporary, Dubai 12 May - 12 Aug 2022
  Artists: Qamar Abdulmalik, Sawsan Al Bahar, Afra Al Suwaidi, Amani Al Thuwaini, Khawla Almarzooqi, Negin Fallah, Annie Kurkdijian, Alymamah Rashed, and Maria Shapranova Curated by Céline Azem, Mara Firetti and...
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Press
- Eyes Wide Shut
  
  Firetti Contemporary opens the way to rethink role of women
  Muhammad Yusuf, Gulf Today , June 2, 2022
- Tribute to Women Artists
  
  Menart Fair 2024
  Art Breath
CV

EDUCATION

2009–2013 BFA in Interior Design | Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon

2008–2009 Freshman in Interior Design | American University of Dubai, UAE

2004–2007 Associate of Arts in Graphic Design | Hafez University, Tehran, Iran

1999–2003 High School Diploma in Graphics | Art School of Shahid Avini, Tehran, Iran

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 Roma Art Week | Rome, Italy

2022 Life is a Dream | Metro al Madina, Beirut, Lebanon

2018 Glimpse of a Glitter | 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

2008 In the Eyes of Time | Rastgah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Unstable Realities | Corner MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century, Rome, Italy

Nowhere, Now Here | Casa della Cultura, Rome, Italy

Counterproof | Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma / RUFA, Rome, Italy

Menart Fair, presented by Firetti Contemporary | Paris, France

2023

Double troubles | Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma / RUFA, Rome, Italy

2022

Eyes, Wide, Shut | Firetti Contemporary, Dubai, UAE

2021

Moi nous elles | Espace Saint-Rémi, Bordeaux, France

2020

Moi nous elles | Institut Cervantes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Collection & Beyond the Region | Art Scene Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

2019

OFF, SITE | Le Gray, Beirut Art Week, Beirut, Lebanon

Collective Exhibition | 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

2018

Creation in Harmony, Live Painting Performance | Iwan Maktabi, Beirut, Lebanon

Three and a Half | 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Abolish Article 153 | HUB Kuwait, Kuwait

2017

Women in War | HUB Kuwait, Kuwait

2016

Beirut Design Week, Jewelry Design | Innovation Factory, Beirut, Lebanon

2013

Souk Berutiyah Exhibition, Cutlery Design | Beirut, Lebanon

2009

Manuscript Illumination, collaboration with Mehdi Fallah | Finishing Touch Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2008

Manuscript Illumination, collaboration with Gholam Hossein Amirkhani | Saba Cultural House, Tehran, Iran

AWARDS & GRANTS

2023

International Prize for Portrait, Seve Ballesteros | Tifo Flag for the Ryder Cup, Rome, Italy

2017

Trophy for Female Artists | Women in War, HUB Kuwait, Kuwait

ART FAIRS

2024

Menart Fair, presented by Firetti Contemporary | Paris, France

COLLABORATIONS

2009

Manuscript Illumination, collaboration with Mehdi Fallah | Finishing Touch Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2008

Manuscript Illumination, collaboration with Gholam Hossein Amirkhani | Saba Cultural House, Tehran, Iran

PROFESSIONAL

2025

EWA Frauenzentrum | Berlin, Germany

2019 - 2023

Art Scene Gallery | Beirut, Lebanon

2018

Alserkal Avenue | Dubai, UAE

2017

Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture | Beirut, Lebanon

Museum of Goa | Goa, India