
Vita
Mitra Bostani Nasrabadi is an artist and PhD candidate at the University of the Arts Bremen. Her practice spans painting, philosophy, and interdisciplinary collaborations that bridge Persian literary traditions with contemporary visual culture. Growing up between her father’s passion for Persian poetry and her mother’s work in fashion design, she developed a visual language where literature and fabric meet. Her recent projects, The History of Buttons and Stitches (2025) and Turandokht (2026), reimagine cultural narratives through wearable art, collective design, and cross-cultural dialogue.
Education
- 2024–until now Phd Student in Art, University of the Arts Bremen, Germany
- 2020–2023 M.A in Art, University of the Arts Bremen, Germany
- 2013–2015 M.A in Fine Art, University of the Art Soore, Tehran, Iran
- 2000–2005 B.S. in Mathematics, The University of Mashhad, Department of the Mathematic, Mashhad, Iran
- Website
- Experience
As a reviewer and referee:
- 2023: referee of printmaking open call, Weser Art Gallery, Bremen
- 2021: membership of the scientific committee of the national conference on knowledge management and electronic businesses
As a teacher:
- 2024: Complete costume design online course
- 2023–2024: Curate and teach 64 costume and fashion designers, jewellers and visual artists to create belts and prepare for a big show in the summer of 2024 at WeserArt Galery
- 2023: Contemporary art online course
- 2022: Handmade fabric and printmaking workshop, Hamburg, Germany
- 2021: Underglaze painting workshop, Handprint Workshop, Mashhad, Iran
- 2021: Handmade fabric and printmaking workshop, Hezehfiroozeh School, Tehran, Iran
- 2021: Printmaking workshop, Municipality, Mashhad, Iran
- 2020–2022: Lecturer in colour in fashion and colour in interior design, Mohandesan (Radkan) Institute of Higher Education Mashhad, Iran
- 2018–present: Lecturer in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking and Mural Art at Ferdows Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran
- 2013–2018: Teacher of Painting and Creativity for Children at Artin School and Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
As a manager:
- 2010–2018: Art manager, Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- 2006–2017: Director (responsible for an advertising association), Artin Graphic, Mashhad, Iran
- Summer 2013: Director of the 'Baby & Future' festival, Municipality, Mashhad, Iran
- 2006: Art manager, the Comprehensive Bank's wood and furniture industry
As a Curator
- Summer 2024 groupe Art and mod exhibition / WeserArt Galery, Bremen, Germany
https://www.weserpark.de/aktuelles/news/ausstellung-ich-und-ich-selbst-immer-wieder-1012https://ezeitung.weser-kurier.de/titles/weserkurier/6603/publications/174679/pages/2 - Summer 2023 groupe visual art exhibition / WeserArt Galery, Bremen, Germany
- Summer 2023 group costume design Installation / WeserArt Galery, Bremen, Germany https://www.weserpark.de/aktuelles/news/iranische-kunstausstellung-im-weserpark-ab-1-september-1045
- Spring 2023 group printmaking exhibition / WeserArt Galery, Bremen, Germany
- Summer 2022 group installation and exchange between Iran and University of the Arts Bremen, Germany
- Summer 2014 solo painting exhibition by Reza Hedayat / Artin Art gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Summer 2013 group painting exhibition by “Your Place is empty” title /Artin Art gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Summer 2013 group illustration exhibition by “Where I have not to travel” title / Artin Art gallery, Mashhad, Iran
As a designer
- Summmer 2023 until now costume desiner/ Hafta Gallery
- Spring 2018 until now cooperation with Otana_online as a costume, shoe and handmade bag designer
- Spring 2015 performance a Mural/Beautification Organization of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Fall 2007 designer and art manager (the first book of wood and furniture industry in Khorasan province)
- Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
- Spring 2024 Solo Costume design( Dress, Bag and shoe) exhibition / Weserart Gallery, Bremen, Germany
- Winter 2023 Solo Painting, Drawing & Printmaking and instalation exhibition / Flut Gallery, Bremen, Germany
- Fall 2022 Solo fashion exhibition / Handprint gallery, Mashhad,Iran
- Summer 2019 Solo Painting, Drawing & Printmaking exhibition / Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Winter 2012 Solo Painting exhibition / Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Winter 2011 Solo custom design exhibition /Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
Group Exhibitions
- Spring 2025 participation and curate the group costume design exibithion as "48 Körper" / Velden, Österreich
- Summer 2024 designer and curator of group costume design project as "Ich und ich selbst immer wieder" / Weserart Gallery, Bremen, German
- Winter 2024–2025 participation in group painting exibithion Jupiter, Hamburg, Germany
- Spring 2024 participation in fabric art exibithion as "Ein Tanz auf goldenen Linien" / Velden, österreich
- Winter 2023-2024 participation in group painting exibithion / Pop up art Gallery, Jupiter, Hamburg, Germany
- Fall 2023 participation in fabricart exibithion as" New Now" / Arteria Galley, Barcelona, Spain
- Summer 2023 designer and curator of group costume design project as "I am but a burning desire" / Weserart Gallery, Bremen, German
- Winter 2023 nominated and winner for one of work participating in group visual art exhibition(International woman's day) / Bremen, Germany
- Winter 2023 participation in group vsual art exibithion as "This Winter" / Bremen, Flute Galley
- Summer 2022 participation in Fajrfashion Festival, Tehran, Iran
- Spring 2022 participation in group vsual art exibithion as" The shelf Show" / Stadtscheune Galley, Otterndolf, Germany
- Winter 2022 participationin fabric group exibithion as"Eve" Tehran, Iran
- Fall 2021 participation in group visual art exhibition as "I handed it over to someone else" / Tehran, Iran
- Summer 2021 participation in group visual art exhibition as "The Kids Are Alright" / GaDeWe, gallery, Bremen, Germany
- Spring 2021 participation in group painting exhibition as "Carbafoo" / Asr art gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Winter 2021 participation in group painting exhibition as "Pick flower" / Hengam gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Summer 2020 participation in online group painting exhibition as "Portrait 2020"
- Summer 2020 participation in group painting & printmaking Festival as "Sateen" / Tehran, Iran
- Summer 2020 participation in group painting & drawing & printmaking exhibition as "Carbafoo" / Sayeh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Winter 2020 participation in group painting & drawing exhibition as "The Offshoot of Art" / Farmanfarma Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Winter 2020 participation in Fajr visual Arts Festival, Tehran, Iran
- Winter 2020 participation in group painting & drawing exhibition as "The Sensation" / Art and Culture Treasures Gallery, Yazd, Iran
- Winter 2020 participation in the second painting exposition/ Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran Winter 2020 participation in group painting as "Text by text" / Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
- Winter 2019 participation in Fajr visual Arts Festival, Tehran, Iran
- Fall 2018 participation in group painting & sculpture exhibition as "Coloryhthm" / Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Summer 2018 participation in thefirst Carbafoo Painting Prize / Abad Gallery, Tehran, Iran/ Artin Gallery, Mashhad, Iran / Honar Gallery, Sari, Iran / Hoomehr Gallery, Kerman, Iran
- Winter 2018 Acceptation printmaking by Taiwan National museum
- Winter 2018 participation in group Exhibition as "Arte Genova" Genova, Italy
- Fall 2017 participation in a group exhibition as "Unfinished Lines II" / Albania National Museum, Tirana, Albania
- Winter 2016 participation in the second annual design exhibition of Esfand / Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Spring 2015 participation in group costume design exhibition as "Heads & Hands" / Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Spring 2015 participation in the second annual printmaking exchange / Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Spring 2014 participation in the first annual printmaking exchange / Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Spring 2013 participation in group illustration exhibition as "Where I have not to travel" / Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Winter 2013 participation in group handicrafts exhibition & interview by Press TV as a handmad e bag designer / Aye Gallery, Sooreh Art University, Tehran
- Fall 2011 participation in the visual Arts festival with "Eight Paradise" title / Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Fall 2010 participation in the visualArts festival with "Eight Paradise" title / Artin Art Gallery, Mashhad, Iran
- Courses
- 2021 Spending a complete course of costume and fashion design / Marbella Design Academy
- 2015 Spending a complete course of costume and fashion design / Iran Tchnical complex
- 2013 Spending a complete course of illustration of different texts (classic, poem…) / Sarzamin Baran Institute, Tehran, Iran
- 2012 Spending a course of illustration for costom design Privet classes / Tehran Tchnical complex
- 2012 Spending a course of the handmade shoe and bag by leather / Artin institution, Mashhad, Iran
- 2010–2012 Spending a course of costume design / Artin institution, Mashhad, Iran
- 2005–2010 Spending a complete course of picture language & spatial visualization composition / Privet classes by AliSiran, Mashhad, Iran
- 2006 Spending a complete course of adobe softwares / Tehran Technical complex
- 2005 Spending a course of color basics & painting / Mohandesan Institute, Mashhad, Iran
- 2004 Spending a course of drawing / Tehran Technical complex
- Current Projects
The project, set to begin in January 2025 in collaboration with WeserArt Gallery in Germany, will involve 50 top Iranian designers from various fields, including fashion design, jewelry, and sculpture. Mitra Bastani will serve as the project manager and exhibition curator. The project will culminate in an exhibition at WeserArt Gallery in the summer of 2025.
Drawing inspiration from the literary connection between Persian poet Hafez Shirazi and German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, this project will explore the cross-cultural dialogue between the East and the West. Goethe’s West-östlicher Divan, influenced by Hafez’s poetry, serves as the foundation for the artists' creative endeavors. In this project, artists will design and produce contemporary coats with a focus on accessories, using the coat as a canvas to explore composition and creativity inspired by these texts. - Project 2024
This project includes wearable objects such as belts, clothing, and accessories, designed and created based on contemporarytextual interpretations and free adaptations of the book *"Angels on the Inside"* (selected as the Best Short Stories of Europe in2013).Each piece has been crafted by artists specializing in various fields, including fashion design, jewelry and accessory design,textile creation, carpet weaving, painting, photography, and sculpture.A total of 65 Iranian artists have participated in this project, each contributing an individual work and collaboratively designingand producing belts in groups.The aim of designing the belts was to bring together two artists from different disciplines, such as fashion design and jewelrymaking, to collaboratively create and innovate artistic works.
- Project 2023
This project resulted in the design of a garment (as an installation: a Timurid-era dress approximately two meters in length) createdby 14 Iranian female artists. The design was based on the poem *"Safe Journey"* by Mohammad Ali Shafii Kadkani, which wastranslated into German. The piece was designed and executed for display at the WeserArt Gallery.
