Fa Razavi’s (b.1996, Bushehr, Iran) work is delicate in its power and graceful in its rage, speaking like the urgency of a revolution in the making. Razavi is a London-based Iranian artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, film and performance, and entwines the artist’s personal experience with the socio-political context of contemporary Iran. Grappling with themes of displacement and belonging, collective and personal memory, and self-determination and
authority, she negotiates her cultural heritage, religious upbringing and her life in the UK at present. Referencing Iranian present-day conventions and turbulent history, Razavi imbues her work with courageous symbolism; her practice becomes a testament to the resilience of those who have had their rights curtailed. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Middlesex
University (2022) and was a Sculpture Associate at the Art University of Tehran (2017).
Razavi’s previous solo exhibitions include Snakes and Ladders at the Bomb Factory Art
Foundation (London, 2024), Nothing to Be Shown at Hoxton Gallery (London, 2023), and
Dancing on a Knife’s Edge at Wilder Gallery (London 2023). Her work has been included in
group exhibitions at Tinnitus (London, 2024); Galería Yusto/Giner (Madrid, 2023); Hoxton
Arches; Kupfer (both London, 2023); Shame Gallery (Brussels, 2023); Nunnery Gallery (both
London, 2022); and Forum Gallery (Tehran, 2017), among others. In 2022, Razavi won the
Freelands Painting Prize.