Layla Fathi is an Iranian Vancouver-based painter. She is holding an MA in Illustration from the Azad University of Tehran, and a BA in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Tehran. Fathi is an internationally exhibited artist. Selected exhibitions include S9 Gallery (Oslo), Burn-in Gallery (Vienna), Artlab Gallery (Beirut), Artclub Gallery (Toronto), Rira Gallery (Dubai), Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA), Mahe Mehr and Shirin Gallery (Tehran), and more.
Layla's painterly practice spans from large-scale acrylics and mixed media on canvas, mural paintings to collages and mixed-media illustrations.
Education
2008
MA Illustration | Azad university, Art & Architecture Faculty | Tehran
2018
Mold Design/Casting | Emily Carr University | Vancouver
BA Agricultural Engineering | University of Tehran, Faculty of Agriculture | Tehran
2001
Awards
2013
Colored Giant Egg Festival, Tehran Beautification Organization | Tehran
2010
1st Art Expo of Tehran, Selected Painter | Haft Samar Gallery Tehran
2008
2008
The 16th Noma Concours, Runners Up, Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations | Japan
The 16th Noma Concours, Printed Illustration on the Catalogue Cover, Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations | Japan
2007
1st Annual "MONTAKHAB-E NASL-E NO", Selected Painter | Homa Gallery Tehran
Selected Exhibitions
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2022
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e1 Art Gallery | Art During Quarantine | Tehran, Iran
S9 Gallery | Oslo, Norway
e1 Art Gallery | Two Portraits | Tehran, Iran
e1 Art Gallery | Paradox; a life of Cessation (Solo Exhibition) | Tehran, Iran
VenoArt Auction | Washington, USA
Burn-in Gallery | Crossfire of Daily Life | Vienna, Austria
Artlab Gallery | To be a Woman | Beirut, Lebanon
Artclub Gallery | Not to be Framed | Toronto, Canada
Pardise Mellat Gallery | Cutting Edge Artists | Tehran, Iran
Shirin Art Gallery | Matrix | Tehran, Iran
Rira Gallery | Dubai, UAE
Mahe Mehr Gallery| Matrix | Tehran, Iran
Iranian Artist Forum | Iranian Women Painters| Tehran , Iran
Y Gallery | Tehran, Iran
Qasr Garden Museum | International Gallery Exposition | Tehran, Iran
Arya Gallery | Annual Petite Frames of Painting | Tehran, Iran
Saba Gallery | Painting Fair | Tehran, Iran
Design Gallery |Design and Illustration | Karaj, Iran
Iranian Artist Forum | Illustrations of Rumi Poems | Tehran, Iran
Arya Gallery | Annual Petite Frames Of Pinting | Tehran, Iran
Haft Samar Gallery |Art Expo Tehran | Tehran, Iran
Noma Concurs | Picture Book Illustration | Tokyo, Japan
HomaGallery | Iranian modern Artists generation | Tehran, Iran
Tehran Museum Of Contemporary Art | Rostam and Sohrab | Tehran, Iran