Najmeh Baghishani- Visual Designer and Writer

I am an Iranian-born painter based in Hamilton, Ontario. I hold a Master's degree in Visual Communication from Iran University of Art and have a background in visual design, photography, and storytelling. These experiences continue to inform my painting, where observation, narrative, and visual structure come together.

My work is rooted in everyday experience. I am interested in how ordinary images slowly acquire emotional weight through repetition, returning to familiar places, photographs, and architectural details over time. Through painting, I explore how certain places and images gradually become inseparable from memory and attention.

Working primarily in oil, alongside drawing and water-based media, I am less concerned with documenting specific moments than with asking why certain images continue to linger long after they have been seen.

My interest in narrative extends beyond painting. I have published short stories in literary magazines and received several national short story awards in Iran.

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