Babak Haghi

Babak Haghi (b. 1982, Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian visual artist working in staged photography, portraiture, and video. He began his career in theatre photography in 2012 and studied visual arts under Hafez Miraftabi, an experience that shaped the performative nature of his practice. His work explores the body as a site of identity, vulnerability, and fluid femininity, using staged settings to investigate body language as a non-verbal dialect that transcends gender boundaries and exposes hidden dimensions of desire. Haghi has held eight solo exhibitions in Iran and London and participated in over sixty group exhibitions internationally. His work was presented at India Art Fair 2020 and in a group exhibition in Paris with Evidences (2025). He also experiments with manual printing techniques in his studio practice.