Painted Stories

Pardis is a Vancouver-based painter and educator, originally from Iran. Her figurative work explores the intersection of Qajar-era Persian motifs and contemporary painting, weaving together memory, heritage, and the body. Through layered surfaces and recurring symbols, she reimagines Qajar aesthetics in a new visual language.

About

Pardis Tabasinejad is a Vancouver-based painter and educator, originally from Iran. Her figurative work explores the intersection of Qajar-era Persian motifs and contemporary painting, weaving together memory, heritage, and the body. Through layered surfaces and recurring symbols, she reimagines Qajar aesthetics in a new visual language. She is also the co-founder of Family Art House, an art space in North Vancouver that she runs with her parents, where she teaches painting and invites other Iranian artists to share their practices and lead art classes and workshops.

Exhibitions

Resonance

2025-05-16

An intimate studio visit exploring new abstract canvases and works in progress.

Currents

2025-06-02

Group exhibition in Vancouver highlighting emerging painters reimagining landscape and memory.

Thresholds

2025-07-10

Artist talk on process, colour, and the poetics of everyday urban spaces.

Nightfall

2025-08-21

Evening opening with live music, new large-scale paintings, and studio conversation.

Contact Pardis

For exhibition inquiries, studio visits, or collaborations in Vancouver and beyond, please reach out using the form or email provided.

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