Sky & Earth
Carpet design · 2017
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Handwoven modern carpet designs for Forouzan Carpet Co., Isfahan. Portfolio dimensions: 200 × 300 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Forouzan Carpet Co..
Niloofar Baniasadi — Artist & Art Researcher
Textile structures
Moving image · Research
Moving image · Research
EN/FA
INDEPENDENT ARTISTIC PRACTICE / IRAN
Video Art · 2023 · Preview
Sacred Geometry of the Carpet
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi | Sound designer: Babak Sepanta
01 / PRACTICE
A pattern remembers.
An image moves.
Somewhere between them,
a new language begins.
My practice moves between carpet design, fractal geometry and video art. I explore how inherited visual structures can become contemporary experiences of rhythm, memory and transformation.
02 / SELECTED WORKSTEXTILE · IMAGE · TIME
Forms of becoming
01
Flow
Digital Art · 2020
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A digital painting bringing portraiture into dialogue with Iranian carpet motifs. Portfolio dimensions: 60 × 75 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sacred Geometry of the Carpet
Video Art · 2023
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A moving-image work from the artist’s documented video practice.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sound designer: Babak Sepanta.
Soltaan Abaad
Carpet design · 2022
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Classic machine-woven carpet design inspired by Arak-region colours and motifs. Portfolio dimensions: 150 × 225 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sahand / Veek Boutique.
Fractal Geometry of the Carpet — Flower of Life
Video Art · 2023
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A moving-image work from the artist’s documented video practice.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sound designer: Farbod Hamedi.
Awakened Dawn
Video Art · 2024
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A moving-image work from the artist’s documented video practice.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sound designer: Haddad Heydari.
On Rest
Digital Art · 2021
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Digital painting, collage and photomontage. Portfolio dimensions: 50 × 70 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Gender
Digital Art · 2021
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Digital painting and collage. Portfolio dimensions: 50 × 70 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Quarantine
Digital Art · 2020
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Digital painting. Portfolio dimensions: 50 × 60 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Mitra / Maahi Dar Ham
Digital Art · 2019
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Digital painting. Portfolio dimensions: 50 × 70 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Woman
Digital Art · 2018
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Digital painting. Portfolio dimensions: 50 × 70 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sorousha
Carpet design · 2019
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Modern machine-woven carpet design. Portfolio dimensions: 200 × 300 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Mirmola Soraya.
Pazyrik
Carpet design · 2023
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Postmodern machine-woven carpet design responding to the Pazyryk carpet. Portfolio dimensions: 150 × 225 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sahand / Veek Boutique.
Mamlouk
Carpet design · 2022
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Postmodern machine-woven carpet design inspired by Mamluk patterns. Portfolio dimensions: 150 × 225 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sahand / Veek Boutique.
Flower of Life — Carpet
Carpet design · 2022
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A carpet design based on the flower-of-life concept; distinct from the video work. Portfolio dimensions: 150 × 220 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sahand / Veek Boutique.
Herris / Four Season
Carpet design · 2023
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A carpet design drawing on Heriz structures and the four seasons. Portfolio dimensions: 244 × 305 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sahand / Veek Boutique.
Herati Afshan
Carpet design · 2023
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A contemporary colour interpretation of Safavid Afshan compositions. Portfolio dimensions: 244 × 305 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sahand / Veek Boutique.
Bakhtiari’s Tree
Carpet design · 2023
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A machine-woven design referencing compartmented and Bakhtiari carpet structures. Portfolio dimensions: 244 × 305 cm.
Artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Sahand / Veek Boutique.
Hafiz–Shiraz
Video Art · 2022
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An early personal video study. A fractal study of Iranian architecture.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Rebellious Eye
Video Art · 2022
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An early personal video study. A fractal study of Iranian architecture.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
Fluorescent Light
Video Art · 2022
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An early personal video study. Motion in the artist’s gaze while viewing Dan Flavin’s work at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi.
03 / RESEARCHPART / WHOLE · SCALE · REPETITION
Reading the structure
beneath the pattern.
My MA research examines five Safavid carpets held by the Victoria and Albert Museum through a fractal-informed approach.
By looking closely at repetition, self-similarity, symmetry and scale, I explore the relationship between a local motif and the carpet as a whole. These studies form a point of departure for my video practice.
MA / CARPET RESEARCH
Isfahan University of Art
2020–2024
Research overview +
Investigating the Geometric Features of Safavid Carpets through the Fractal Geometry Approach
The study combines formal analysis with an examination of visible and hidden geometry in five carpets from the second Safavid period. It considers self-similarity, repetition, scale, symmetry and fractal dimension as ways of reading the relationship between parts and the overall composition.
The images above are analytical material from the research, rather than stills from completed video works.
Research in development +
The Latent Weft
Proposed research projectTesting how borders, recurring motifs and changes of scale can become temporal structures.
Pattern’s Ghost
Preliminary spatial studyExploring the translation of carpet geometry into projection and audience-responsive space.
La Trame Discrète
Proposed research projectA dialogue between Safavid textile structures, perspective and contemporary video installation.
04 / BIOGRAPHYARTIST · DESIGNER · RESEARCHER
Rooted in textile.
Open to possibility.
Interdisciplinary Artist
Carpet Designer & Researcher · Video Artist
I am Niloofar Baniasadi, an interdisciplinary artist, carpet designer and researcher based in Tehran. My practice connects Iranian carpet structures with video, digital transformation and glitch.
Grounded in professional carpet design and research into Safavid geometry, I explore how inherited patterns can become contemporary visual experiences. My collaborations with Platform 101 and Famori Studio began in 2021.
In 2024, I took part in the Odyssée artist residency at Abbaye de Noirlac in France, developing a collaborative video-art project with music by Haddad Heydari.
Education +
MA / Carpet Research
Isfahan University of Art · 2020–2024
Research on the geometric features of Safavid carpets through a fractal-informed approach.
BA / Carpet Design
Shiraz University
Professional practice +
Independent and commissioned carpet design since 2016, across handmade and machine-woven production. Selected collaborations include Sahand / Veek, Mirmola Soraya, Padideh Faakhir / Vania, Forouzan and Iran Carpet Co.
Art direction
Fartak — Digital & Interactive Experiences
Makous — Visual Identity & Creative Content
TEXTILE KNOWLEDGE / CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENT
05 / EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIESSELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Across places.
Between disciplines.
Exhibitions, screenings, residency and recognition from the artist’s documented record.
2025
2026SENSES International Art FairVideo Art / Awakened DawnLecce
Italy+
19 December 2025 – 4 January 2026
Selected video work: Awakened Dawn.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi | Music: Haddad Heydari.
Organised by ITSLIQUID Group.
2025Chicago Amarcord Arthouse Television AwardsSemi-finalist / Sacred Geometry of the CarpetUSA+
October 2025 · Semi-finalist
Sacred Geometry of the Carpet.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi | Sound designer: Babak Sepanta.
2025Charlotte Asian Film FestivalFractal Geometry of the Carpet / Flower of LifeNorth Carolina
USA+
September 2025
Selected video work: Fractal Geometry of the Carpet — Flower of Life.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi | Sound designer: Farbod Hamedi.
2025Filmmaker Sessions Vol. 8 / Lift-Off GlobalOnline screeningUK / Online+
August 2025. The artist’s video descriptions list Fractal Geometry of the Carpet and Sacred Geometry of the Carpet in connection with this programme.
2025Persian Glance / MagmartHidden GeometryNaples
Italy+
May 2025 · ACQUEDOTTO AUGUSTEO
Selected video work: Hidden Geometry.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi | Sound designer: Vamegh.
2025Hidden Geometry & Glitch ArtPlatform 101 / Vol.05Tehran
Iran+
Rischee 29 / Mirror Box
The Platform 101 programme lists Nilo Baniasadi in the 28 March 2025 presentation.
2024Fonlad FestivalFractal Geometry of the Carpet / Flower of LifeCoimbra
Portugal+
October 2024
International video art presentation.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi | Sound designer: Farbod Hamedi.
2024Odyssée / Abbaye de NoirlacArtist residencyBruère-Allichamps
France+
September–October 2024
A collaborative video-art project developed during the residency.
Video art: Niloofar Baniasadi | Music: Haddad Heydari.
The project brings Iranian ornamental structures into dialogue with architectural space and sound.
2024Geometry of CreationPlatform 101 / E1 Art GalleryTehran
Iran+
27 September – 11 October 2024
Analysis of Anti-Rhythmic Structures.
Selected work: Fractal Geometry of the Carpet — Flower of Life.
2024Glitch Art in “Souls for Tech”Platform 101Sulmona
Italy+
April 2024. A presentation of glitch video art. Fractal Geometry of the Carpet and Sacred Geometry are listed in the artist’s work descriptions.
2023–24Glitch Art BrazilOnline exhibition / fourth editionBrazil / Online+
December 2023–April 2024. Selected work: Fractal Geometry of the Carpet — Flower of Life.
2023–24The Wrong Biennale / sixth editionGlitch in the Sacred GeometrySpain / Online+
Platform 101 pavilion, curated by Mohammad Ali Famori. Fractal Geometry of the Carpet is listed in the artist’s portfolio. The pavilion’s edition is dated 2023–2024 in the organiser’s records.
2023Fubar / Glitch CinemaSacred Geometry of the CarpetZagreb
Croatia+
October 2023
First screening reported on the project page for Sacred Geometry of the Carpet.
Video artist: Niloofar Baniasadi | Sound designer: Babak Sepanta.
2021First International Handicrafts FestivalSecond place / Modern carpet designTehran
Iran+
October 2021
Second place in modern carpet design.
2021Next Art GalleryDigital paintingIstanbul
Turkey+
29 September–12 October 2021. Digital painting presentation recorded in the supplied portfolio.
2021Match Art GalleryDigital paintingIstanbul
Turkey+
29 September–12 October 2021. A separate gallery record in the supplied portfolio.
2018National Exhibition of Digital Coloring & DottingSelected work / Carpet MuseumTehran
Iran+
December 2018. Selected work in the national exhibition of digital colouring and dotting, recorded at the Carpet Museum of Tehran.
2015Fourth National Exhibition of Digital Color & DottingSelected work / Birjand UniversityBirjand
Iran+
November 2015. Selected student/graduate work in digital colouring and dotting.
DOCUMENTED RECORD / 2015–2026Download full CV ↗