STATEMENT
My artistic practice is an exploration of memory, identity, and the elusive concept of “Place.” Shaped by a multicultural upbringing and a life lived across borders, my work is a deeply personal quest for belonging—not to a place on a map, but to an inner sense of home—a “Place” defined within memory and identity.
Through a process of layering, erasing, and reassembling, I explore the fluid nature of memory: its formation, its loss, and its reconstruction. My work seeks to capture a sense of the familiar, a déjà vu, giving form to the unconscious imprints of our past that remain even as conscious memories fade.
Ultimately, my art gives a visual voice to these silent experiences, translating into form what often lies beyond words.
BIO
Born to a multicultural family with Kurdish, Armenian, and Persian roots, Elahipanah’s perspective is profoundly shaped by a layered personal history. Her childhood, which unfolded during the Iran-Iraq War within the complex context of post-revolution Iran, and a life enriched by the experience of living in various countries, became the fertile ground for her artistic inquiry. Her work gives form to the universal search for an inner ‘place’—a sense of belonging forged from the shifting confluence of memory and identity.
Elahipanah received her initial training in painting and drawing in Iran before pursuing graphic design studies at Qarb University in Baku, Azerbaijan, and earning a master's specialization in visual and web design from Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan, Italy.
Currently lives and works in Milan, where she is represented by Winarts Gallery.
CV
MEHRNOUSH ELAHIPANAH
b. 1981, Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
EDUCATION
2007 - Master in Visual and Web Design, Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 - My Blue Heart, Winarts Gallery, Milan, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 - ArtRise Award Finalists Exhibition, Open Art House, Ivrea (Turin), Italy
2025 - Personalities, Winarts Gallery, Milan, Italy
