About

Mahdi Amlashi is a Toronto-based artist, designer, writer, and maker with international architecture experience. His work brings together painting, photography, handcrafted shoes, research, and installation practice.

He has designed and executed more than 200 residential, commercial, office, and religious projects in Iran, and has worked with architecture firms in Tehran and Toronto. He is the founder of Kiaman Gallery, which represents his painting, photography, and Kiapa shoe collection.

His creative practice also includes poetry, translation, and research on contemporary art and architecture.

Selected exhibitions, publications, and press are available on request.

Published poetry collection in Persian. Translation work includes essays on art and architecture, and an ongoing translation of a book by Thich Nhat Hanh into Persian.

Research and writing on contemporary architecture, the philosophy of art, and the relationship between space and meaning.

Photography practice includes architectural photography, figurative photography, and portraits. Creative practice also includes dance, music, and theatre collaborations.