Bio
Khosro Vahabi is an Iranian photographer and visual artist, born in Gilan, northern Iran, and based in London. He began working with photography after studying analogue and digital photography under Iranian photographer Karim Malak Madani, and later completed an MA in Photography at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
His practice explores relationships between humans and the natural world, with recurring concerns around memory, presence and absence, vulnerability, and the traces of human interaction. Trees, light and shadow recur throughout his work, approached not only as subjects of representation but also through moving image, material processes and installation.
His practice often moves beyond the conventional photographic image, incorporating physical intervention and collaboration with artists working in other disciplines.
Vahabi's work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in the UK, Iran and Turkey. His recent solo exhibitions include My Forest at Kalhor Gallery in Rasht and an exhibition presented as part of a cultural programme in Istanbul. His work has also received recognition from the Asahi Shimbun and Fine Art Photography Awards. He lives and works in London.
Artist Statement
Khosro Vahabi is a London-based Iranian visual artist working across photography, moving image and installation. He approaches photography as a means of examining the curious and often contradictory relationship between people and the natural world, reflecting on memory, presence, absence, and the ways in which we seek to connect with, understand and preserve what is constantly changing.
Photography forms the foundation of his practice, providing a space in which these questions are explored through different visual and material encounters. Working primarily with trees and other natural forms, Vahabi creates works that invite viewers to pause, look more attentively, and reconsider their relationship with the living world. Through photography's expansion into moving image, installation, collaboration and material experimentation, he explores how different forms of representation can deepen our understanding of the emotional, cultural and physical ties that connect human lives to nature.
Originally from northern Iran and now based in London, Vahabi's practice has been shaped by the landscapes and cultural experiences of Iran, Istanbul and the United Kingdom. While rooted in personal encounters with individual trees and places, his work addresses broader questions about how people remember, intervene in, care for and coexist with the natural world. His projects invite viewers to slow down, look again, and reflect on the relationships that shape the ways we experience, remember and live alongside the natural world.