Shabnam Mazharsarmadi

Shabnam Mazharsarmadi is an Iranian-German visual artist based in Berlin. Working across painting, illustration, digital drawing and sculpture, her practice explores identity, visual perception and the relationship between the human figure and its surroundings. Her work combines observational and conceptual approaches, with a particular interest in self-portraiture, reflective surfaces and the representation of the self. Alongside her independent artistic practice, she works as an illustrator, contributing to book projects, including publications on medical botany and Uyghur medicine and ethnobotany. With several years of experience in art education, she brings an interdisciplinary perspective to her work, exploring diverse forms of visual expression and image-making.