MAHNAZ EKHTIARY
CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
- “Under the skin of the city”, A&A Albe & associati legal studio, Busto Arsizio, Italy
2023
- “I am the Change”, Villa Contemporary, Monza, Italy
2013
- “The Tree of the Body”, Artwear Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011
- “Empty Dress”, Artwear Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007
- Fashion Illustration Exhibition, Mehrin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
- “THIS IS THE END” Curated by AND Third Sector Organization, Casa della Memoria, Milan, Italy
- “OLTRE MARE/ULISSE”, Artist’s Bookmark, Curated by Maria Tereza Zagone, Roberta Guarne, Messina, Italy
- “AMBIENTAL…MENTAL”, Sculpture Park, Curated by Marco Agostinelli, Cetona, Italy
- “THIS IS THE END”, Fourth Edition, MO.CA – Centro for new Cultures, Brescia, Italy
- “VENUS & FRIENDS”, Fringe Festival, Studio Marta Mez, Milan, Italy
2025
- “ChristmArt Time”, Curated by Monica Villa, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
- “Tratto” (Art, Body, Soul), curated by Filip Borel, Lariofiere, Como, Italy
- “This Is the End”, Third Edition, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
- “Pagine (in) definite”, Curated by Andrea Meregalli and Monica Villa, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
- “Venus & Friends”, Fringe Festival, Studio Marta Mez, Milan, Italy
2024
- “Arte Sotto L’albero”, Small Artworks for Gifts, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
- “Libera Perfino di Sparire”, Curated by Antonella Casazza, Loredana Galante, and Marta Mez, Spazio Ex Fornace, Milan, Italy
- “Milan Sculpture”, 8th Edition, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo, Italy
- “Art, Artifact, Artifice”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, La Talpa Studio, Bologna, Italy
- “The Awareness of the Abdomen “, Sculpture Exhibition, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
2023
- “The Brain Begins from Eyes”, 100 years of Italo Calvino, Villa Contemporary Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
- “World with Woman”, Art against violence project, Melegnano Castel, San Giuliano Milanese, Italy
- “Song of Love”, 150 artists united against violence, Docks Dora studio, Turin, Italy
- “Rosa Alchemico “, The 31st edition of Miniartextil, Textile and Industrial Tradition Museum, Busto Arsizio, Italy
- “Radical Voice”, Sozzani Foundation, Milan, Italy
- “Postcards from Iran”, ABAO Art week, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Italy
- “Tribute to Piero Manzoni”, Ex studio of Manzoni, Fiori Chiari Street N16, Milan, Italy
- “The Starry Night “, Textile Art Exhibition, Ablimento Milano Creative Art Fair, Superstudio Maxi, Milan, Italy
2022
- “Rosa Alchemica”, 31st Edition of Miniartextil, International Fiber Art Exhibition, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy
- 30th Edition of Miniartextil, International Fiber Art Exhibition, Beffroi de Montrouge, France
2021
- “Perception from the underground”, Walk in Studio Festival, Atelier Minus One, Milan, Italy
- 30th Edition of Miniartextil, International Fiber Art Exhibition, Civic Art Gallery, Como, Italy
2020
- “Attesa ad un filo”, Fiber Art Exhibition, VI.P Studio, Walk in Studio Festival, Milan, Italy
2019
- “Expansion of the Body”, Jewelry Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018
- “Redefine the Jewelry”, Jewelry Exhibition, Bijou Museum of Casalmaggiore, Italy
- The second exhibition of Iranian contemporary artistic jewels, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017
- “Splendid Persia”, Jewelry Exhibition, Bijou Museum of Casalmaggiore, Milan, Italy
- “Fashion Graduate Italia”, Jewelry Exhibition, BASE Milan, Italy
- “Sharing”, Jewelry Design Competition, Doxa, Milan Fall Design Week, Italy
- “Sharing”, Jewelry Design Competition, Fiera Milano, Italy
- “Introspection”, Abstract Painting Exhibition, Sisal Wincity Milano, Italy
- “Jvaher”, New Iranian Jewelry Exhibition, Bellini Museum, Florence Jewelry Week, Italy
- Brera Academy Open Day, Artwear Exhibition, Milan, Italy
2016
- “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Milan Graduate Fashion Week, Fashion Show, Mudec Museum, Milan, Italy
- “Milano Unica”, Brera Academy Exhibition in the 22nd Edition of Italian Textile Fair, Italy
2015
- “Hello Sweetie”, Artwear Exhibition, Design Box, Expo of Milan, Italy
- “Italian Code”, Sculpture Exhibition, Grimaldi Palace, The Venice Biennale, Italy
- “Rising Sun and the Land of Sun”, Montesegale Contemporary Art Museum, Pavia, Italy
- “The Life of Elsa Schiaparelli”, Artwear Exhibition, Design Box, Expo of Milan, Italy
- Milan Graduate Fashion Week, Jewelry Exhibition, Triennial of Milan, Italy
- “The Format Follow”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Format Gallery, Milan, Italy
- “Homage of Emanuel Ungaro”, Artwear Exhibition, Brera Academy, Milan, Italy
2014
- Drawing Exhibition, Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Painting Exhibition, Group Cesare Frigerio, Corsico, Italy
2013
- “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- “Haft Negah”, Painting Exhibition, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2012
- Painting Exhibition, Terme Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- “Without Borders III / Persbook Art”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Forum of Iranians Artists, Tehran, Iran
- “Restriction”, Painting Exhibition, Man Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- “SNAC 2012”, Painting Exhibition, Art People Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- “Small Works of Art”, Painting Exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011
- “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Drawing Exhibition, Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- “Without Borders II / Persbook Art”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
2010
- “100 works, 100 artists”, Painting Exhibition, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009
- Fashion Show, Mahestan Tower, Tehran, Iran
2008
- “Shadow” Illustration Exhibition, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
2007
- Fashion Show, Kamal al-Din Behzad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- 2nd Festival of “The Women of My Homeland”, Fashion Show, Tehran, Iran
2006
- 1st Festival of “The Women of My Homeland”, Fashion Show, Tehran, Iran
2004
- “Kharazmi”, Illustration Exhibition, Arasbaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
HONOURS & AWARDS
2026
- Selected artist for the 35st edition of Miniartextil, Italy
- Selected for the Artist’s Bookmark project by Forog Gallery
- Selected as the Second Prize Winner in the First Edition of the ARTEINBORGO Live Painting Competition, Rezzago, Italy
2022
- Selected artist for the 31st edition of Miniartextil, Italy
2020
- Selected artist for the 30th edition of Miniartextil, Italy
2019
- Candidate for the 2019 Fashion Film Award, SHOWstudio, London, United Kingdom
- Selected artist for Tehran’s Fourth Contemporary Artistic Jewelry Exhibition, Iran
2018
- Selected designer for the Static Exhibition, New Talents, The National Chamber for Italian Fashion
2017
- Selected artist for design competition in Lombardy region, Jewelry, Italy
2015
- Selected artist for Format Gallery, Sculpture, Milan, Italy
2012
- Selected artist for Art People Gallery, Painting, United States of America
- Selected artist for “Mashghe Honar” Publication, Painting, Tehran, Iran
2011
- Selected artist for the second Persbook, Iranian Contemporary Art Festival, Installation Art, Tehran, Iran
2009
- One of the 10 best-selected artists at the Crystallized Abaya Design Award of Swarovski, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2006
- Winner of third place in the first edition of the festival “Women of My Homeland”, Manteau Design, Tehran, Iran
2003
- Winner of the National Science Competition, “Kharazmi”, Illustration, Tehran, Iran

