PAINTING
ARMAN MANSOURI
 
DETAILS
Ink on handmade paper
90 x60 cm
2025
 
DESCRIPTION
Created while drifting between sleep and wakefulness in the theta wave state. I listened to Mozart on repeat. The work is executed using gold ink on handmade paper.
 
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
Arman Mansouri is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and performance artist from Qatar with Iranian roots. Originally trained as a pilot at Qatar Aeronautical College, he later pursued his passion for art, film, and design. A former resident artist at the Doha Fire Station Museum (AIR 7), Arman has exhibited in leading Qatari institutions including the Museum of Islamic Art, M7, and the Doha Fire Station.
 
His first short film was selected for the Made in Qatar program at the Ajyal Film Festival and has screened internationally. Working across painting, performance, and video art, Arman is also known for creating a unique typographic system based on universal musical notes,an experimental font readable across multiple alphabets. His practice explores identity, memory, and cultural heritage through a distinctly cross-disciplinary lens.