Samaneh Reyhani b. 1990

Working with sculpture, Samaneh Reyhani skilfully explores the duality of the bodily and the emotional represented by the tangible and the immaterial in her work. Reyhani's sculptures are, at first sight, seductive in their animated shapes and colours. At a closer look, imprints are visible on the surface, like bodies bearing traces of scars and wounds. Reyhani's inspiration is rooted in Eastern literature and philosophy. Materials like wood and stone are transformed beyond their inherent materiality, resulting in shapes and forms imbued with visual poetry.

Samaneh Reyhani (b. 1990 in Tehran, Iran) is based in Malmö and holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy and a BFA from the University of Art, Tehran, Iran. Reyhani has exhibited at Malmö Art Museum, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Uppsala Art Museum and Ystad Art Museum. She was awarded the scholarships of Edstrandska Foundation in 2023 and in 2017, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's one-year working grant in 2019, Aase och Richard Björklund’s Foundation in 2018 and Anna-Lisa Thomson Till Minne Foundation in 2017. Reyhani is represented in the collections of Public Art Agency Sweden, Malmö Art Museum, Uppsala Art Museum, Helsingborg Museum, Region Skåne, Uppsala Municipality and Ståhl Collection, Norrköping. Public commissions include Uppsala City Hall, Sjöbo City Hall, Drömmarnas hus, Malmö, MKB, Lindängen, Malmö, Västra Berga School, Helsingborg and Kilsbostäder, Kil.