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Zahra Amini was born in 1995 in Esfahan. Growing up in Esfahan, the city of beauty and art, can be one of the reasons she fell in love with art. She loves plants, trees and flowers, they have been her main inspiration throughout the years.
Zahra worked predominately in the medium of painting and illustrating. Zahra completed B.A in graphic design with distinction at the Sepehr art university in Esfahan in 2017.
Because of her remarkable determination and willpower to improve her skills, especially in illustrations, she participated in different illustrations workshops since 2017.
Zahra's technique was traditional for years, but now she likes to mix traditional and digital techniques; because each fulfill specific purpose in her works which help her express herself more freely.
She introduces her inspiration sources in this way: "as an Eastern artist, I've always inspired by Persian elements, especially in miniature art. The architecture and viewing angles in miniature affect my illustrations a lot. I love to create a magical and imaginary atmosphere in my illustrations. My work is combination of analogue and digital and I love to play with textures. I make them with different techniques and use them after scanning and editing and this is always allow me to grow and challenge my own creative habits and I am constantly enthralled by new ways of working. I believe my illustrations show the way I look at the world, they are part of my identity and personality and I always do my best to align my identity with my art.”
Since 2018 she has been selected in several art competitions. Zahra has been nominated in Iran for the well-known BIB-UNESCO Albín Brunovský workshop in Slovakia in 2021. Recently Zahra immersed herself in the children's literature world. She is also passing different courses about children’s literature to make pictures books. Her biggest goal is to bring her mental sensation into stories and pictures in a way that helps children around the world, she is constantly try to narrate her mind and story via illustration and she will never give up in this way.
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Awarded a bronze medal for the book “What if there was no school,” in the Children’s
inspirational Picture Book category in the Living Now Book Awards, 2022
• An honorable mention in category of best illustration for the book “What if there was no
school,” Dragonfly Awards, 2022
• Nominated by IIDCYA in Iran for well-known BIB- UNESCO Albin Brunovsky workshop with
Miroslava Regitko in Slovakia-Bratislava, 2021
•(https://www.bibiana.sk)
• Selected as a finalist in Children’s Mind/Body/Spirit Best Book Awards for the book
“Mysterious Blossom,” AmericanBookFest, 2021
• An honorable mention in category of best illustration for the book “Mysterious Blossom”
Dragonfly Awards, 2021
• Selected in annually illustration festival in Alborz city, Iran, 2021
• Selected in the 26th festival of visual arts in illustration part, Iran, 2019
• Winner of 7th festival of Youth visual arts in illustration part, Iran, 2019
• Selected in the 25th festival of visual art in illustration part, Iran, 2018
• Winner of visual art festival between art schools in illustration part, Iran, 2012
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
• Attended in the first annual illustration of the Alborz city, Sirous Saber Concert Hall, Alborz, Karaj, Iran, 2022
• Attended in an exhibition held by Iranian Children’s Book Council to celebrate the centenary of Mehdi Azar-yazdi’s birth, Artist Forum, Tehran, Iran, 2022
• Attended in the first annual illustration of the Alborz citv. Artist Forum. Tehran, Iran. 2022
• Attended in illustrators virtual wall exhibition, Bologna, Italy, 2021.
• Attended in annual Iranian illustration society exhibition, Artist Forum, Tehran, Iran, 2018
• Attended in annual Iranian illustration society exhibition, Artist Forum, Tehran, Iran, 2017
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Books:
•What if there was no school, English and Arabic editions, HBKU Press Publication, Qatar,
2021-2022
• The Mysterious Bloom, English and Arabic editions, HBKU Press Publication, Qatar, 2021
• Call me rusty, Baa Center Publication, Lebanon, 2019
• Javad loves cooking, Baa Center Publication, Lebanon, 2019
• Daisy seed, Baa Center Publication, Lebanon. 2018
• kafka’s hat (poem book) Koolehposhti Publication, Iran, 2016
MAGAZINES:
• KOOKIE Magazine, Issue 19, The UK, Australia, 2022
•Aftab Mahtab Magazine, Issue 9, 10, 13, 15, Iran, 2015-2016
Zahra Amini was born in 1995 in Esfahan. Growing up in Esfahan, the city of beauty and art, can be one of the reasons she fell in love with art. She loves plants, trees and flowers; they have been her main inspiration throughout the years. Zahra worked predominately in the medium of painting and illustrating.
