Shirin Salehi

Shirin Salehi (she/her) is an Iranian visual artist, educator, writer, and translator based in Madrid. Working across printmaking, drawing, sculpture, and artist’s books, she explores the poetic subtleties of language—especially illegible writing, erasure, and hiddenness. Trained in printmaking, her practice reflects a deep engagement with time, imprint, and the material traces of language.

She has held residencies at Est-Nor-Est in Quebec (2025), the Academy of Spain in Rome (2021), the Academy of France in Madrid (2014), and Fondazione Il Bisonte in Florence (2016). In 2022, she was nominated for the Queen Sonja Print Award in Norway. Since 2020, she has also worked as an interpreter and mediator for Persian-speaking asylum seekers and refugees.