Artist Bio

Fataneh Rahaghi is an Iranian-born visual artist based in St. John’s, NL. With a background in theatre and puppetry (B.A., University of Art, Tehran), her multidisciplinary practice spans painting, drawing, puppetry, and pottery.

Rahaghi has exhibited in Iran and Canada, including several group shows at the Iranian Academy of Arts, Sheis Gallery, White Line Gallery, and, more recently, at Eastern Edge Gallery, Cupids Legacy Centre, and the Art and Culture Centre in St. John’s, NL. She has also collaborated on public sculpture projects in Tehran. She has worked professionally as a puppeteer, puppet maker, and art educator for over nine years.

Additionally, she is the founder and artist at Fatani Pottery Studio, which she managed for three years. Her decade-long painting practice explores themes such as identity, femininity, birth, collective memory, and power. Her work bridges Iranian compositional traditions with contemporary approaches, using vivid colours, multiple perspectives, and memories to tell stories through abstract landscapes and figurative expression.