Sona Asemani

Sona Asemani (b.1994) is an Iranian painter. A self-taught artist, she received her BA in economics from the ATU University of Tehran in 2017. Ever since then, she has dedicated her time to making art. Asemani’s practice explores unconditional fr...

Sona Asemani (b.1994) is an Iranian painter. A self-taught artist, she received her BA in economics from the ATU University of Tehran in 2017. Ever since then, she has dedicated her time to making art. Asemani’s practice explores unconditional freedom and gender inequality through personal experience and history. Her subject matter praises femininity, combating body shaming and women’s insecurities made by modern society’s harmful and unrealistic beauty standards. Sona’s oil paintings celebrate natural beauty and self-confidence while portraying an imaginary world of liberated women through a series of portraits referencing stories and images in which Persian Miniature faces, figures, and symbols inspire her a lot.