Armin Abedi

  • Armin Abedi (b. 1991, Iran) is a figurative painter based in Vancouver. His practice examines the human body through the lens of psychoanalysis, identity, and cultural taboos. Abedi’s work challenges conventional representations of the figure by introducing elements of distortion and transformation, creating a visual language that reflects psychological and corporeal change. He obtained his BFA from the University of Science and Culture in Tehran, Iran, in 2015, and has exhibited in several shows across Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon.

Armin Abedi’s practice examines the unstable relationship between body, perception, and presence. His work interrogates how identity and embodiment are experienced in moments of transition, where the figure is never fixed but continually negotiating visibility and absence. Layered and glitched forms serve as both a formal and conceptual device, reflecting tensions between what is perceived and what remains obscured.

Drawing from traditional figurative painting while engaging with contemporary visual concerns, Abedi experiments with colour, transparency, and form to explore the slippage between self and representation. His practice considers the body as a site of desire, ambivalence, and ambiguity; tangible yet elusive, constructed yet always dissolving. Through this lens, his work investigates how perception, identity, and subjectivity are constantly reframed in the act of looking.