BIO
Moti Tavassoli is a Persian-American LA-based artist and designer. With a background in architecture, she has a passion for designing spaces with visual and tactile qualities that evoke spiritual and emotional experiences. Her artwork is no different.
Having grown up in Tehran and LA, she belongs to both and neither. Moti conjures her own spaces of belonging and paints imaginary landscapes that question borders, physical laws and the materiality of things, a parallel universe she can find rest in and make sense of life.
Moti’s visual language draws inspiration from mushrooms, plants and marine life to remind her audience of our undeniable connection to nature. Intricate line work is a key element in her art, symbolizing the mysteries, holistic patterns and energetic flows of the worlds she creates. Her artwork has been exhibited in LA, San Francisco and New York.
CV
Born in 1987, Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2016, Bachelor of Architecture, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Achievements
2025
The Ellsworth Artist Residency, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA (Jan 16 – Apr 10)
Group Exhibitions
2025
Echo in the Garden, Echo Park Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Emerge, Raven Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024
FootPrints, Object and Place, Gabrielino Trail, Los Angeles, CA
Collective II, Visionary Projects Gallery, New York, NY
CASA of Los Angeles Wine + Art Benefit, Los Angeles, CA
Pershing Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
Female Art Night, SAB Gallery Collection, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Pershing Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
By Land or Sea, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
Summer Show, Studio.Gallery.LB, Long Beach, CA
Art Fairs
2025
Superfine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA - Spring
2024
Superfine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA - Spring
2023
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA - Spring and Fall
2022
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA - Spring
Collections
Private Collections in Los Angeles, CA | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | Tucson, AZ | Dallas, TX