Golnaz Afraz

Biography
Golnaz Afraz
Born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran. Lives and works in Strasburg, France
Golnaz Afraz explores a variety of themes in her work, each of which can be seen as poignant in terms of both individual and universal experience. She explores notions of life in the philosophical sense, and in the everyday, all through analysing man and his relationship with nature and his surroundings.
 
The artsit intends to create a story and to allow the viewer to draw their own conclusions. The starting point might be the memory of a scene from daily life or from a play or film she has seen. She paints this reality in multiple layers, depicting various fragments of time on the same plane and superimposing forms. She leaves sections of her paintings unfinished or in sketch form in order to give the work space to breathe.
 
Afraz creates unique compositions of immense vitality, in which ultimately, the graphic quality prevails. This is achieved through the juxtaposition of colourful, expressive painted areas, blank spaces and snapshot-style line-drawn figures which inetract in everyday scenarios and are arranged randomly across the canvas, 
 

Golnaz Afraz holds a BA in Painting from Islamic Azad University in Tehran and two Master’s degrees: an MA in Visual Arts from the University of Strasbourg, France, and an MA in Painting from Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran. 

 

Since 2005, her work has been exhibited in 15 solo exhibitions and 35 group exhibitions across Europe and Asia, including Art Paris at the Grand Palais, the London Art Fair, and the Affordable Art Fair in London, Battersea, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Selected solo and group exhibitions have been presented at Riana Raouna Gallery (2024); Brûlée Gallery, Strasbourg (2026, 2025, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2012); Autour de l’Image Gallery, Strasbourg (2021–2024); Gala Fine Art, London (2021); and Saatchi Gallery, London (2014).

 

Afraz is also the recipient of the “A Dream of Humanity” award from Fondation Villa Seurat in France. The awarded work was installed at the Francophonie School in Paris. She additionally received the “Painted Words” award from Saatchi Gallery, Los Angeles.

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Works
  • Golnaz Afraz, I'm a woman, 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    I'm a woman, 2026
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    80 x 60 cm
    31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
    € 2,800.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Instabilité, 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    Instabilité, 2026
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    155 x 185 cm
    61 x 72 7/8 in
    € 5,200.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Lost Memory , 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    Lost Memory , 2024
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    80 x 60 cm
    31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
    € 1,900.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Abundonce, 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    Abundonce, 2026
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    120 x 100 cm
    47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in
    € 3,800.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Burnt Identity, 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    Burnt Identity, 2024
    Mixed media on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
    39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
    € 3,500.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Explosion, 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    Explosion, 2026
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    50 x 50 cm
    19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
    € 1,300.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Identity , 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    Identity , 2026
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
    € 1,400.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Resistence, 2025
    Golnaz Afraz
    Resistence, 2025
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    30 x 30 cm
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
    € 900.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Son regard, 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    Son regard, 2024
    Mixed media on canvas
    120 x 100 cm
    47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in
    € 3,600.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Last woman, 2025
    Golnaz Afraz
    Last woman, 2025
    Mixed media on canvas
    170 x 135 cm
    66 7/8 x 53 1/8 in
    € 4,600.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Le reflet des pensées, 2023
    Golnaz Afraz
    Le reflet des pensées, 2023
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    140 x 112 cm
    55 1/8 x 44 1/8 in
    € 4,150.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Cold Dream, 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    Cold Dream, 2024
    Mixed media on canvas
    80 x 120 cm
    31 1/2 x 47 1/4 in
    € 3,400.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Before Him, 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    Before Him, 2024
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    120 x 150 cm
    47 1/4 x 59 in
    € 4,500.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Cold Fire, 2020
    Golnaz Afraz
    Cold Fire, 2020
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    150 x 120 cm
    59 x 47 1/4 in
    € 4,100.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Elephantipes , 2022
    Golnaz Afraz
    Elephantipes , 2022
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    180 x 155 cm
    70 7/8 x 61 in
    € 5,350.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, From there , 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    From there , 2024
    Mixed media on canvas
    30 x 30 cm
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
    € 845.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Orange Sky, 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    Orange Sky, 2024
    Mixed media on canvas
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
    € 1,780.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Disparition, 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    Disparition, 2026
    Oil and acrylic on paper
    45 x 58 cm
    17 3/4 x 22 7/8 in
    € 1,100.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, New Road, 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    New Road, 2026
    Oil and acrylic on paper
    44 x 60 cm
    17 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
    € 1,100.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Hidden Light, 2020
    Golnaz Afraz
    Hidden Light, 2020
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    50 x 40 cm
    19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    € 1,500.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Their Life , 2025
    Golnaz Afraz
    Their Life , 2025
    Oil and acrylic on paper
    30 x 28 cm
    11 3/4 x 11 in
    € 750.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, From there , 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    From there , 2026
    Oil and acrylic on paper
    80 x 60 cm
    31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
    € 1,200.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Last Dinner, 2024
    Golnaz Afraz
    Last Dinner, 2024
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    80 x 80 cm
    31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
    € 3,100.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Reflet du passé, 2023
    Golnaz Afraz
    Reflet du passé, 2023
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    32 x 40 cm
    12 5/8 x 15 3/4 in
    € 1,100.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Flower pot , 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    Flower pot , 2026
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
    39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
    € 3,500.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Contrast, 2026
    Golnaz Afraz
    Contrast, 2026
    Oil and acrylic on paper
    50 x 36 cm
    19 3/4 x 14 1/8 in
    € 1,000.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Garden, 2019
    Golnaz Afraz
    Garden, 2019
    Mixed media on paper
    30 x 40 cm
    11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    € 1,000.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Discussion, 2019
    Golnaz Afraz
    Discussion, 2019
    Mixed media on paper
    35 x 45 cm
    13 3/4 x 17 3/4 in
    € 1,000.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Series of Portraits, 2021
    Golnaz Afraz
    Series of Portraits, 2021
    Mixed media on paper
    20 x 20 cm
    7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
    € 450.00
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  • Golnaz Afraz, Series of Portraits, 2021
    Golnaz Afraz
    Series of Portraits, 2021
    Mixed media on paper
    20 x 20 cm
    7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
    € 450.00
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