Azita Ghafouri

Azita Ghafouri was born in Iran to Russian parents. She received her masters in urban planning and architecture from Tehran University. Ghafouri has balanced her professional work as an architect with her passion for painting for over four decades.

Azita Ghafouri is a mixed media artist. The artist works with unusual materials, painting on silk and burlap. Her abstract paintings highlight her energetic brushstrokes.

She has exhibited her work widely throughout the United States and internationally. Exhibition highlights include: Azad Gallery in 1971, 1972, 1973; Takht-Jamshid Gallery in Tehran in 1975; Goethe Institute in 1976; Numpkin Gallery in San Diego in 1979; and the Museum of Balboa Park in San Diego in 1980. 

Exhibitions

July 1 - 28, 2021
The Small Works Show

August 6 - September 2, 2020
Prince’s Garden

July 11- July 31, 2019
The Small Works Show

August 23 - September 13, 2018
On the Wall

December 7 - 21, 2017
Holiday Bazaar

January 5 - 26, 2017                                                                                                                                                                Pathways

July 28, 2016
8 x 8 x 100

January 7 - 28, 2016
On the Wall