At the heart of Tamina Amadyar’s practice lies an enduring fascination with colour – not just as a visual element but as a material with history, emotion and cultural weight. Through reduced shapes and carefully balanced compositions, her work hints at landscapes or spaces while simultaneously exposing the raw, tactile presence of pigment. Amadyar explores colour, as a traditional – archaic even – material, an expression of the senses and a carrier of the depth of human experience, from stillness and silence to unease, violence or hope.

For Amadyar, painting is as much a physical act as it is a contemplative one. The process of working with colour – layering, scraping, revealing – mirrors the act of seeing and feeling. Amadyar’s practice extends beyond painting into textiles, portraiture and even interactions with food, broadening her exploration of cultural narratives and materiality.

A deep curiosity about movement – both physical and historical – further informs Amadyar’s work. The migrations of people, the exchange of goods and ideas, and the shifting landscapes of human existence all resonate within the study of colour and form. Whether referencing trade routes, histories or personal memories, Amadyar’s work captures the rich and often complex relationships between material, nature and identity across time.