Leila Delfan
Visual & Public Artist
Tehran, Iran
leila.delfan65@gmail.com
Leila Delfan is a visual and public artist working across
large-scale urban projects and studio-based practice.
Her work is centered on the wall as an active surface, where
erosion, architectural structure, and existing material conditions become part
of the image.
She has realized public art projects across several cities in
Iran, including Tehran, Isfahan, Mashhad, and Kerman. Over time, her work has
been recognized through national exhibitions and international awards.
Selected Highlights
– Winner, Boynes Monthly Art Award, Australia (2024)
– 2nd Prize, Tehran Mural Biennial (2014, 2012)
– Jury Award, 4th Baharestan Urban Art Annual (2019)
– Honorary Diploma, Tehran Mural Biennial
– 60+ large-scale public art projects across Iran
– Featured in El País
Selected Public Art Projects
2014 – Present – Surface as Memory (ongoing series)
2024 – Floor -4 (site-specific mural)
2022 – Time Sequence
2021 – Narrative Field, Kerman Municipality
2021 – Descent, Tehran Beautification Organization
2021 – Relational Field (multi-site mural)
2020 – Geometry of Memory: The Persian Garden Reimagined, Tehran
2018 – In Transit (multi-site mural)
2017 – Spring
2015 – Line of Presence
2014 – Return
Public Commissions (Selected)
– Tehran Municipality Beautification Organization (2013–present)
– Isfahan Municipality Beautification Organization (2017–2024)
– Mashhad Municipality Beautification Organization (2019–2022)
– Hamedan Municipality Beautification Organization (2018–2022)
– Kerman Municipality (2021)
– Qom Municipality (2019–2020)
Exhibitions (Selected)
2025 – Group Exhibition, Colored Tulips, Bloom Art Society, Netherlands
2025 – Group Exhibition, Char Sooye Khial, Artist’s Forum, Tehran, Iran
2024 – Group Exhibition, Hope Center Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2024 – Group Exhibition, Art Educa, Madrid, Spain
2024 – Group Exhibition, I’m Them, Ba Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2024 – Group Exhibition, Nature’s palette, Art’s Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 – Group Exhibition, Tarahan Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 – Group Exhibition, 3rd Tehran Mural Biennial, Tehran, Iran
2012 – Group Exhibition, 2nd Tehran Mural Biennial, Tehran, Iran
2012 – Solo Painting Exhibition, The University of Tehran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 – Group Exhibition of Iranian Painting, The 8th National Biennial, Tehran, Iran
2009 – Group Exhibition, The 2nd National Biennial of Contemporary Drawing, Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran
2008 – Solo Painting Exhibition, Ferdowsi Mashhad University Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
Awards & Honors
2024 – Boynes Monthly Art Award (Winner), Australia
2019 – Jury Award, 4th Baharestan Urban Art Annual, Iran
2014 – 3rd Tehran Mural Biennial (2nd Prize), Iran
2014 – 3rd Tehran Mural Biennial (Honorary Diploma), Iran
2012 – 2nd Tehran Mural Biennial (2nd Prize), Iran
2010 – National Iranian Youth Art Festival (Appreciation
Certificate), Iran
2010 – 2nd National Biennial of Contemporary Drawing
(Appreciation Certificate), Iran
Education
– MFA Painting, University of Tehran
– BFA Painting, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Professional Experience
2025 – Present – Adjunct Lecturer, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2023 – Present – Founder & Director, Charchoub Cultural Art Institute, Tehran, Iran
2024 – Jury Member, Artistic Genesis, India
2015 – Advisor and Supervisor, mural design and Implementation, Tehran Municipality, Iran
2015 – 2022 – Art Instructor, Tehran, Iran
Memberships
– Member of the Association of Iranian Painters (AIP)
– Member of the Iranian Scientific Association of Visual Arts of Iran
– Member of the Institute for Promotion of Contemporary Visual Art of Iran.