ABOUT ME
Hanieh Yavari is a London-based visual artist and photographer whose practice explores femininity, identity, visibility, and everyday survival. Working primarily through photography and self-portraiture, she creates images that move between the personal and the political, examining how cultural and social structures shape the ways women experience, negotiate, and occupy space.
Her work explores the subtle psychological impact of constant awareness, investigating themes of visibility, vulnerability, resilience, and resistance. Through carefully constructed imagery, she seeks to make visible the often-unseen negotiations women make in everyday life, inviting reflection on gender, identity, memory, and belonging.
Interested in the relationship between the body, space, and perception, Hanieh's practice combines personal experience with broader social questions, creating quiet yet powerful images that encourage dialogue and challenge the ways we see ourselves and one another.
EDUCATION
2022 - 2023
MA in Photography, University of the Arts London, LCC, London, United Kingdom
2016 - 2020
BA in Graphic Design, Faculty of Art, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
ARTISTIC BACKGROUND
(2026). Participation in the group exhibition of Small is Beautiful at Flowers Gallery, London, UK.
(2026). Participation in the group exhibition of the Ruth Borchard Next Generation Collection at Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK.
(2025). Participation in the group exhibition of Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2025 at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, UK.
(2025). Participation in the group exhibition of Another Layer at ASC Gallery, London, UK.
(2025). Participation in the group exhibition of Bongereh Between Light & Time at Indra Gallery, London, UK.
(2025). Participation in the group exhibition of inEquality at Roseberry Road Studio, Bath, UK.
(2025). Participation in the group exhibition of Spiritual Nourishment: Where Are We Going? at Dongchao, Rice Mill Contemporary Art Center, Hangzhou, China.
(2024). Participation in the group exhibition of Trial and Error at ASC Gallery, London, UK.
(2023). Participation in the group exhibition of Brink, London College of Communication, UAL, London, UK.
(2023). Participation in the 24-hour Project international exhibition at Iranian Artists Forum Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
(2023). Participation in the group exhibition of Within Bounds, Copeland Gallery at Copeland Road, London, UK.
(2023). Participation in the group exhibition of Work in Progress, London College of Communication, UAL, London, UK.
(2022). Participation in the international group photo exhibition of Being a Women Iranian artists’ reflection, The Joe McCauley Gallery at Heartland, USA.
(2020). Participation in the international group photo exhibition of Iranian women narrated by Iranian women, Garibaldi Theater Foundation, Italy.
(2020). Participation in the group photo exhibition Of That Moment at Art Gallery 14, Tehran, Iran.
(2019). Participation in the group photo exhibition of Samar Negar Theatre. Ariana Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
(2019). Winning first place in the Samar Theatre Festival in the theatre photography section. Tehran, Iran.
(2019). Participation in the 24-hour international exhibition at Iranian Artists Forum Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
(2018). Participation in the group exhibition of visual artists by contemporary artists at Eric Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
(2017). Participation in the group photography exhibition of the Third Steps Theatre at Gallery 4, Tehran, Iran.
(2017). Participation in the group photography exhibition at Al-Zahra Art University Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
(2016). Volunteering and collaborating with Mardomak Charity as a photographer. Tehran, Iran.
PUBLICCATIONS
(2025). Published in ATH Magazine Issue 9
(2023). Published in Docu Magazine Vol 4 Issue 12
AWARD
• Wins Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2025