Born in Tehran in 1981, Maryam Khosrovani is an Iranian conceptual artist, and teacher. Her projects are research-based in the forms of mixed media and installations and focus on contemporary social issues influenced by the paradoxical fusion of her personal experiences of growing up in different cultures.
She received her master’s degree in art Direction and Graphic Design in 2011 from ESAG Penninghen of Julien Academie in Paris. Maryam has gained experience working with famous graphic designers such as Reza Abedini, SARL LM Communiquer, and Michel Bouvet's graphic design studio in Tehran and Paris. She has worked with several high- profile theater directors, musicians, and academics around the world.
Maryam held her first solo show "Incubus, Succubus,t Pendulus: The Secret Rules of Gravity" at Aun Gallery in Tehran-Iran where she was rewarded with many praises from the media and the public. In the career that spanned, she exhibited her works in New York galleries such as Elga Wimmer, and Rogue Space Chelsea, Somerset House Photo in London with Roya Khadjavi Projects in New York from 2016-2021, Hamzianpour & Kia gallery in Los Angeles in 2022, La Nuit Blanche in Paris in 2023-2024, and was featured in BBC News, the New York Times, and The Guardian.
Maryam is the recipient of the Fondation François Schneider | Talents contemporains 13ème édition award in June 2024. As a fine art instructor, she has collaborated with The International Rescue Committee, The Rockefeller University "Child and Family Center", Pardis for Children School in New York, École Française in Iran and Game Development Institute. Maryam currently lives and works between Paris and New York.