Innocent Series Oil Painting

This oil painting explores layered figuration, symbolism, and emotional narrative within a contemporary visual language

 about this oil painting

This painting belongs to Alemeh Bagherian’s Innocent series. The work explores feminine identity through layered figurative and symbolic composition.

A softly constructed figure emerges within a structured field of decorative and narrative detail. The composition reflects a dialogue between intimacy, restraint, and emotional presence.

Subtle influences from Persian miniature traditions appear in the density of detail and visual layering. These references are expressed through ornamental rhythm rather than literal illustration. 

The figure exists within a space shaped by memory, symbolism, and cultural visual language. There is a quiet tension between innocence, emotional depth, and internal reflection. 

This oil painting moves between figuration and abstraction, without settling into fixed narrative. It invites a contemplative reading of identity as layered and evolving presence.

about the artist

Alemeh Bagherian is an Iranian contemporary painter whose practice explores femininity, memory, and cultural identity through richly layered visual narratives.

Her work draws from Persian visual traditions, including miniature aesthetics and carpet design, where ornament, storytelling, and structure naturally converge. These influences appear in her paintings as intricate compositions where figuration and symbolism coexist within dense, emotionally charged spaces.

She holds an MA in Painting and a BA in Carpet Design, and is a member of the Society of Iranian Painters. Her background in textile and pattern-based design continues to inform the structural rhythm of her pictorial language.

Across her practice, Bagherian engages with themes of inner experience, psychological presence, and cultural memory, often referencing Persian literary and mythological sources such as the Shahnameh.

Her work has been exhibited widely in Iran and internationally, including solo exhibitions at Seyhoun Art Gallery in Tehran, as well as presentations in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Selected exhibitions include Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago and Asia House in London.

Working between figuration and symbolic abstraction, her paintings create immersive visual environments where narrative, ornament, and emotion are held in constant balance.

collection

View Alemeh Bagherian's Dubai collection of available paintings here

copyright

This oil painting is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights & reproduction rights are reserved by the artist