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Nima Jamishi – Artist Statement & Biography

Nima Jamishi is an Iranian-Australian street artist and visual storyteller whose work embodies the spirit of grassroots resistance and community empowerment. From an early age, Nima understood that art wasn’t a luxury—it was a necessity. At just 14 years old, he spent his pocket money not on food or fashion, but on paint and brushes. In a world that often demanded silence, he chose colour. He chose walls. He chose the language of art to speak truth.

Now based in Naarm/Melbourne, Nima is a vital part of the city’s renowned street art movement. His murals, stencils, and wheat-paste posters are layered with meaning—echoes of rebellion, memory, and a deep call for collective healing. As a member of the underground street art collective movement that keeps Melbourne’s laneways alive, Nima is deeply committed to collaboration. For him, art is not just a personal act—it’s a shared ritual. “When we come together,” he says, “we don’t just become stronger. We become more whole. Connection awakens us to something deeper within ourselves.”

Nima’s upcoming exhibition, Woman, Life, Freedom, is a profound continuation of that mission. Opening Saturday, 14 June at Artful Yoga Gallery in St Kilda, the show is a visual tribute to the global fight for freedom and dignity, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. Through bold, street-inspired pieces, the exhibition honours the courage of women who defy state control—not only in Iran, but everywhere authoritarian power seeks to suppress truth.

This exhibition is not just about one movement—it is about all of them. It echoes the cries for liberation rising from Gaza, the dismantling of democracy in the United States, and the everyday injustices faced here in Australia: the silencing of First Nations voices, the rise in domestic abuse, and the erasure of refugees. Nima’s work challenges viewers to ask: What is the cost of forgetting? What happens when we remain silent? And how do we rise—together?

With Woman, Life, Freedom, Nima Jamishi invites us into a space of memory, mourning, and momentum. He invites us not only to look—but to act.