Voices of resistance: Iranian artists using art to amplify calls for freedom

As protests for women’s freedom in Iran enter the seventh month, Iranian artists around the world continue to support the movement from afar.

There were only three subjects that Nasim Nasr learned about as a young art student in Iran. 

Born in Tehran in 1984, just five years after the Iranian Revolution and overthrow of the Shah, Nasr grew up in a world in which women were censored and obscured across every facet of life. 

When 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in hospital last September after being arrested and reportedly beaten by Iran’s so-called ‘morality police’, Nasr felt that familiar impulse spark from deep within her once again.

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Jasmine Penman is an arts professional and freelance writer from Naarm/Melbourne. Since acquiring her Masters of Art History & Curatorship from the University of Melbourne, she has worked across both the commercial and public art sectors in the city, specialising in contemporary art.