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Visual Ethnographer, Narrative painter on Miniature Scale

Seysan, the Land of the Lovers

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 18” X 36”

Our Story Is One

“Maryam Safajoo’s paintings are tragic, seductive, original, poignant, and politically charged. She is of the Bahá’í Faith, one which has...

Stable Shelter

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24"

Repetitious Insecurity

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 18" X 36” In the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA.

My Bitter Childhood Window

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24"

The Prison Angel

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24”

Tears of Rose Water

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24” In the Permanent Collection of Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

The Most Bitter Farewell

Year: 2023 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 24" X 20” Four decades ago, simply because of their belief, the Iranian government brutally...

Everlasting Self-effacement

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20” X 24”

Two Centuries of Pleas

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24"

The Phoenix

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20” x 24”

If The Walls Could Speak

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20” x 20”

Bashir, Herald of Love

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24"

Lovers’ Migration

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 20”

Wanderers of Love's Abode

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 18" X 36”

A Multitude of Separations

Year: 2023 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 20” In the Permanent Collection of The Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.

The End of Separation

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24”

Mothering

Year: 2023 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 18" X 36”

The Tragedy of Religious Bigotry

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12" In the private collection of an individual

I love Life

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20” X 24”

Mystery (راز)

Year: 2024 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20” X 24”

Three Generations

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12" From the beginning of the Iranian revolution until now, three days - my...

Tightness of the Cage

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20" X 24”

Flight

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16” x 20”

Well

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Linen Dimension: 20” x 24”

Stranger in Her Own Home

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16”

Love Sacrificed

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16” In the private collection of an individual

Forced abandonment

Year: 2020 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12"

Love & Servitude

Year: 2023 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16”

Banned

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 20”

The Dream of Freedom

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16"

Goldaneh Becomes a Unique Pearl

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12”

Insane with Divine Love

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 20” In the private collection of an individual

A Garage Full of Stories

Year: 2022 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12” In the private collection of an individual

Poppies of love

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16"

The Fragrance of Maymand

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12"

Love and Blood: A Tale of Courage and Sacrifice

Year: 2021 Medium: Mixed Media on Linen Dimension: 16" X 12"

Difficulty of the Journey

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12"

Behnam & Keyvan

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Linen Dimension: 16" X 12"

Forced Immigration

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16" In the Permanent Collection of The Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA.

Wondrous Courage

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Linen Dimension: 12" X 16" In the Permanent Collection of The Crary Art Gallery, a nonprofit art museum...

Constructive Resilience

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Linen Dimension: 16" X 12"

The Separation

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Linen Dimension: 16" X 12" In the Permanent Collection of Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL.

Destruction of Bahai Cemeteries

Year: 2020 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16"

To the Point of Death

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Linen Dimension: 12" X 16"

Egregious Oppression

Year: 2020 Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12"

The Caged Bird

Year: 2023 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 12" X 16”

The Last Visit

Year: 2021 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 16" X 12” In the private collection of an individual