Mahrokh Mofid Nakhaei is an Iranian painter based in Manchester, UK. She earned her MA in Painting from Manchester School of Art in 2024. Since relocating to the UK in 2023, she has actively participated in the contemporary art scene, contributing to group exhibitions and fostering a growing dialogue with international artists.

Her work explores fading memories, lost narratives, and the interplay between absence and presence. Through layered compositions, subtle transparencies, and expressive mark-making, Mahrokh captures the transient nature of memory and belonging. Using a glazing technique, she builds depth and complexity, revealing hidden fragments beneath the surface—mirroring how time reshapes and distorts lived experiences.

In 2024, she was awarded the Haworth Trust Studio Scholarship.

Recent and upcoming exhibitions include:

• Group Show, Mill 1 Gallery, 1853 Studios, Manchester (2025)

• Open Studios, Mill 2, 1853 Studios, Manchester (2025)

• Comme Ca Art x AWOL Studios Open Call, shortlisted artist (May 2025)

• Beep Painting Biennial, Swansea (2024)

• Beyond the Capital 3, Saan1 Gallery, Manchester (2024)

• Shifting Sands, Saan1 Gallery, Manchester (2024)

• The Fronteer Open, Sheffield (2024)

• MA/MFA Degree Show, Holden Gallery & Open Studios, Manchester (2024)

• Harley Foundation Open, Nottingham – People’s Prize Winner (2024)

In summer 2025, she will join a three-month fully funded course at Apollo Painting School to further develop her painting practice and expand her technical and conceptual range.