• The Flowers - Fresco Painting
• The Flowers - Oil Painting
• The Flowers - Drawing
• The Flowers - Print
• THE Moments
• CV

As a continuation of my work in fresco, this series was created using the "fresco" technique, in which the painting is first executed on a still-wet wall. Then, through a specific process, it is detached from the wall and transferred onto another surface. For each painting, I designed a unique shape, and in some pieces, I moved toward the creation of volumes. This exploration represents a new experience for me, rich in challenges and discoveries.

• The Flowers - Oil Painting

Flowers is a project that explores the relationship between material, time, and human experience. Drawing on floral motifs from Iranian visual tradition and the concept of vanitas in Western art history, the series transforms the flower into a sign of suspension between survival and decay. Within this framework, time, entangled with matter, functions as a foundational basis for reading the work.

• The Flowers - Drawing

• The Flowers - Printe

• THE Moments

The Moments series consists of oil paintings and works on paper. These works seek to capture transient moments while articulating both objective perception and lived experience within the flow of time. In this series, time is not merely a subject but a formative force in the process of creation an element made tangible through layering, erasure, and the continual reworking of the image. The project engages with the re-reading of personal and historical memory, fixing visual perceptions in order to open a space for reflection on the nature of the moment and the passage of time.

About

Mehdi Babaei is a visual artist and a graduate of Painting from Shahed University. He has been living and pursuing his artistic practice in France since 2021. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de Versailles in 2024, and in 2025 received a Professional Diploma in Fresco and In-Situ Art from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. His artistic research focuses on the themes of time, memory, and materiality, and in recent years his practice has expanded toward still life, material-oriented approaches, and intermedia structures.

CV

2025
EDUCATION
DPROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN FRESCO AND & ART IN SITU
National School of Fine Arts of Paris2023
DIPLOMA IN FINE ARTS
The School of Fine Arts of Versailles2011
BA in Painting
Shahed Art University of TehranSOLO EXHIBITION
2025 Encounter Galerie des Beaux-Arts de Versailles (Fine Arts Gallery of Versailles) - France
2023 Night of Creation and Creativity in Versailles, Versailles - France
2019 Moments, O Gallery - Tehran
2010 Solo Exhibition Khaneh- Naghsh Gallery (House of Design Gallery) - IsfahanEXPOSITIONS SÉLECTIONNÉES
2025 Art in Search of Peace: Resistance, Repair, Connection, United States Foundation,
Paris, France
2025 < DIVINE ORÉE >> Group Exhibition, Trinitaires Church, Metz, France
2024 <<Housemate >> Group Exhibition Baashgaah Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2024 Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition, Versailles, France
2023 SECOND SEASON << December in Montreuil >> Group Exhibition, Paris - France
2020 Khor Art Project - Online Exhibition published on ARTSY, SaradiPour Gallery
2019 Annual Exhibition Selected New Generation, Homa Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019 Group Exhibition < Seeing Through Each Other >> Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Group Exhibition of Selected Artists - 4th Damoonfar Painting Biennial, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Lightness - Selected Artists of Three Editions of the Damoonfar Festival, Aan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 First Annual Painting & Sculpture Exhibition (Year 1) Zemestan Gallery, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
2011 < Progressive Youth 2 >> Group Exhibition, Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 The 5th Young Arts Visual Arts Festival, Hozeh Honari, Tehran, Iran
2010 Young Progressive Artists - First Visual Arts Festival, Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 3rd Damoonfar Visual Arts Festival, Mellat Gallery, Tehran, Iran