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Eliot Shahmiri defines himself as a landscape painter. He focuses his practice on crisis related news which he projects in an imaginary Sci-fi world. His work borrows from the aesthetics of the European Romanticism movement and Surrealism among others. Using both press imagery and landscape painting history, as his starting point, he then quotes, repeats, distorts, changes it, and tend to reach some mystical depth. Located between the past and the future, his art hones in on current events that seem to lead us to a catastrophe.

He uses gouache painting for his small works on paper ; and traditional oil technique for his larger paintings, on linen canvases, made in France, and built on FSC wooden frames. The colours he works with are also assembled in France and the solvents he reaches for are mineral spirits. The electricity supply of his workshop comes mainly from its self-feeding photovoltaic source, and the roof supports a 32 cubic meter water collector.

Born in Teheran (Iran), Eliot Shahmiri lives and works between Paris and Saint-Maixent l'École (France).
He started his painting career in 2022. His first exhibitions took place in the Consulat Voltaire (Paris) with a show curated by Anne Bourrassé, and at the Académie du Climat (Paris) in 2023 during the Anticipation festival, curated by Togæther.



He studied fine arts, typography, graphic design, and art direction, at the Atelier de Sèvres, and at the ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres in Paris, and was awarded a study grant by the Fondation Odon Vallet during all that time.

In 2009 he started working at acclaimed, and soon to be Oscar-award winner studio, H5. There he worked for luxury brands like Hermès, institutions like the RMN Grand Palais and the Centre Pompidou, Art/fashion and design magazines like Please and Intramuros, and artists in the music industry. In 2013 he created his very own bureau Policestudio, leading his team during more than 10 years, and delivering works worldwide for brands, agencies and legendary artists, including Air, Audi, Daft Punk, DDB,Hennessy, Hervet Manufacturier, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Pirelli, high-end watchmaker Richard Mille, music label Record Makers, Ruby, Salomon and more.

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