About
Pouyeh Peyman (پویه پیمان)
is an Iranian wearable sculpture artist, contemporary jewelry designer, and university lecturer whose practice exists at the intersection of body, sculpture, and speculative adornment.
Her work explores mythology, transformation, environmental anxieties, and posthuman futures through wearable forms that challenge the boundary between object and body, sculpture and jewelry, ritual and contemporary life.
Each piece is one-of-a-kind, emerging from a dialogue between imagination and the human body where jewelry transcends adornment and becomes a language of storytelling, memory, and presence.
Inspired by ancient myths, living nature, and personal experiences, her works weave conceptual narratives into contemporary forms designed not only to be worn, but to be experienced, questioned, and remembered.
Photographer: Ziba Khodaee
Alongside her personal artistic practice, Pouyeh Peyman teaches and researches contemporary jewelry, wearable sculpture, and conceptual design at art universities, where she builds bridges between academic knowledge, material experimentation, and future-oriented design thinking.
Her academic work focuses on interdisciplinary approaches that connect body, sculpture, narrative, and speculative futures encouraging students to move beyond conventional ornament and engage with jewelry as a critical and conceptual practice.
This website offers a window into her artistic world: a collection of works inspired by mythology, memory, environmental urgencies, and transformation speaking the language of today while carrying the echoes of the past.
Each piece invites the viewer not only to observe, but to touch, reflect, question, and experience.
Education
B.A. in Sculpture
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
2005–2009
M.A. in Art Research
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
2010–2013
Selected Exhibitions
2025 — Milan Jewelry Week, Milan, Italy
2025 — Group Exhibition, Keyman Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2024 —Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition at New York Fashion Week, New York, USA
2024 — SNAG Exhibition, Arizona, USA
2023 — Solo Exhibition of Wearable Sculptures, a+c Gallery, Chicago, USA
2023 — Group Exhibition, South Asia Institute, Chicago, USA
2023 — Group Exhibition, Sausalito Art Center, California, USA
2023 — Group Exhibition, Lean Gallery, California, USA
2022 — Chicago Expo, Chicago, USA
2010 — 2nd International Fajr Visual Arts Festival, Tehran, Iran
2010 — Solo Exhibition, Afrand Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008 — 5th Contemporary Sculpture Biennale, Tehran, Iran
Workshops & Teaching
2023 — Facilitator, Wearable Sculpture Workshop, a+c Gallery, Chicago, USA
2012 — Sculpture Workshops, Tehran Visual Arts Colleges, Tehran, Iran
Jury / Panel
2024 — Art Jewelry Competition Judge, Type Museum, Tehran, Iran
2022 — Judge, Startup Event for Jewelry and Gemstones, Tehran, Iran
2021 — Jury Member & Instructor, Glass Design Startup Bootcamp, Tehran, Iran
Memberships
Member, Iranian Sculptors Society
Member, SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths)
