Mehraveh Vahediyan (b. 1995, Iran) is a visual artist whose work explores the layered connections between memory, home, and identity. Drawing from both dreams and lived experience, she depicts the fluid relationship between immigrants and their homelands. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Art, Tehran, and recently completed her MFA at the University of Arizona. Her work has been recently exhibited in group shows at Utah State University and Peep space, NY.

Artist Statement

My artistic practice explores the intersection of dreams, memories, and reality. Through a blend of surreal and familiar imagery, My painting and drawings picture the pendulum between the imaginary and real.

Leaving my country, Iran, has altered my perception and understanding of past events. Over time, memories become harder to hold onto as they were. In leaving, profound emotions transform into visions, which shift over time—sometimes into an idealized version of reality I longed for, sometimes into a more dramatic rendering of painful moments, and sometimes into a mere guess of how things once were.

To explore the elusive boundaries between reality, memory, and imagination, I focus on living spaces—shared environments that bridge these realms. In my work, these spaces become poetic reflections and symbolic repositories of past events.