Bio
“Being an artist is pouring one’s soul onto the canvas, carving it into a stone or molding it into clay. It is being able to free the mind to create beauty, to create mysteries and, to create long-lasting emotion and passion for the viewer.”
— AAZAM IRILIAN
Aazam Irilian is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist who bridges art and science to reveal the complexity and beauty of the natural world. By using mineral solutions and salts, she creates captivating textures and effects that add depth and interest in her work.
A Kipaipai Fellow since 2020, she has been three-times grant recipient of The Quick Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI). She also has been awarded residencies from the Dorland Foundation and The Chateau d’Orquevaux in France in 2024 and 2025.
Irilian’s works have been exhibited nationally and she is in numerous private collections around the world—Iran, France and across the United States. Solo exhibitions include “Preserved Memories,” a special installation project, Gallery 825,Santa Monica, CA (2024), “Stillness In Chaos,” The PCPA, San Diego, CA (2024), “Cosmic Whispers,” Fabrik Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2020/2021), and “New World” at CIM Group Gallery in Anaheim, CA (2014). Kipaipai Group Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Gallery, Palm Desert, CA (2022), Artist Alliance Biennial at Oceanside Museum, Oceanside, CA (2022) and “A Century of California Women Artists,” Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA (2022) are among her most recent group exhibitions.
She was the featured artist at the Museum of Art & History – MOAH:CEDAR, Lancaster, California (2015) and exhibited in MOAH’s Annual All-Media Arts exhibitions in 2021, 2020 and 2015. In 2020 she was awarded Third Place at “The Art of the Square” at bG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, and received Best of Show at JF Gallery, Miami, in 2017. She was also awarded staff’s favorite at the 31stAnnual “Made in California” at the Brea City Art Gallery, Brea, CA in 2016.
Irilian’s art has been featured in variety of publications, including A Century of CA Women Artists (2021), Voyage LA, Life & Work (2021), Art & Beyond Magazine (2020), Salann Magazine, 2nd Edition (2021) and Fusionart: Creative Expression Through the Heart (2012) written by Rassouli, Fusionart founder.
Originally from Iran, Irilian has resided in Southern California for over forty Three years. She completed a Master of Art in Studio Art at the California State University Northridge. She has been an art educator for over 30 years, sharing her passion with students of all ages.
