# Nilu Ghorbani (Nilufar Ghorbani) — Visual Artist & Architect

> Nilu Ghorbani (also spelled Nilufar Ghorbani / Nilou Ghorbani) is a contemporary visual artist and architect based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her multidisciplinary practice spans painting, watercolor, mixed media, 3D-printed hand-painted sculpture, monoprint & artist books, charcoal performance documentation, and architectural spatial mapping.

## Key Facts
- **Artist Name**: Nilu Ghorbani (Nilufar Ghorbani)
- **Role**: Visual Artist & Architect (Architektin & Künstlerin)
- **Base / Studio**: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (active in Düsseldorf & Berlin)
- **Website (English)**: https://nilughorbani.com/
- **Website (Deutsch)**: https://nilughorbani.com/de/
- **Contact Email**: mailto:nilufarghorbani91@gmail.com
- **Instagram**: https://www.instagram.com/nilughorbani/
- **Exhibitions & Institutions**:
  - *Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf* (September 2026, Düsseldorf — Open Studios & Exhibition featuring *Fragments of Home II*)
  - *Kunsthalle Düsseldorf* (2026 — Printmaking & handmade bookbinding series *From page to book*)
  - *Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK Berlin)* (2025 — Live drawing and sound performance *Tracing the Surface* in the UdK Berlin garden)

## Artist Statement (EN / DE)
- **EN**: "I am an artist based in Düsseldorf with a background in architecture. My practice begins with curiosity. I develop visual stories through painting, material experimentation, and research, allowing each idea to find the form that best tells its story. Influenced by architectural thinking, I work across different mediums and embrace experimentation as an essential part of my creative process. I believe stories don't belong to one medium. They can become paintings, objects, installations, or something we carry with us every day."
- **DE**: "Ich bin Künstlerin in Düsseldorf mit einem Hintergrund in der Architektur. Meine Arbeit beginnt mit Neugier. Ich entwickle visuelle Geschichten durch Malerei, Materialexperimente und Recherche und lasse jede Idee die Form finden, die ihre Geschichte am besten erzählt. Beeinflusst vom architektonischen Denken arbeite ich in verschiedenen Medien und betrachte Experimentieren als wesentlichen Teil meines kreativen Prozesses."

## Selected Works & Series (2025–2026)

### 1. Wearable Fragments
- **Project ID**: `p_wearable_fragments`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: 3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: 3D-gedrucktes PLA, handbemalt · 2026
- **Description (EN)**: Inspired by nature. Printed by machine, finished by hand.
- **Description (DE)**: Von der Natur inspiriert. Von der Maschine gedruckt, von Hand vollendet.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/b69fc3bb63d4478aa82d095335adf9e6.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 12
- **Works in Series**:
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #1 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/b69fc3bb63d4478aa82d095335adf9e6.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #2 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/f8fd09f45e03465b9a38ec7b8a405f2a.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #3 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/82ae8013ee6448e4b6a4cd2050a4ffb1.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #4 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/d28e627297014ffbbad4af6528b147c3.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #5 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/6b26356b14424929b367d68c75d78642.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #6 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/e2938ae36eef47e8a2b161348bdfc4ad.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #7 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/9dd3dcef7a474c17816a4f8a4a8db1f7.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #8 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/cfbd0a760fdc4ee8bcaa996b16e687e0.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #9 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/03fa5519ae5b45a7901de5fed7b4a4cf.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #10 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/fda7696b27b449dbbeff1eaa4ba638dd.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #11 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/dc848f443acb4f459421de806e2e9274.jpg
  - Wearable Fragments — Work #12 (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/51a92c32fdab4ca0bd5605f5eb23ade6.jpg

### 2. Fragments of Home II
- **Project ID**: `p_1gnc10kf`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Watercolor · 2026
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Aquarell · 2026
- **Description (EN)**: Exhibited at Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf, 2026 Fragments of Home explores identity, memory and belonging after migration. The works bring together fragile watercolor figures with fragments of Persian carpet patterns — elements connected to memory, culture and a sense of home. The carpet fragments become traces of something familiar carried with us, even when the place we once called home feels distant. Through watercolor and fragmented patterns, the figures move between familiarity and uncertainty, reflecting the experience of carrying parts of where we come from while creating a sense of belonging somewhere new.
- **Description (DE)**: Ausgestellt bei Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf, 2026 Fragments of Home beschäftigt sich mit Identität, Erinnerung und Zugehörigkeit nach einer Migration. Die Arbeiten verbinden fragile Figuren in Aquarell und Tusche mit Fragmenten persischer Teppichmuster – Elemente, die mit Erinnerung, Kultur und einem Gefühl von Heimat verbunden sind. Die Teppichfragmente werden zu Spuren von etwas Vertrautem, das wir in uns tragen, auch wenn der Ort, den wir einst Heimat nannten, fern geworden ist. Durch Aquarell und fragmentierte Muster bewegen sich die Figuren zwischen Vertrautheit und Unsicherheit. Sie spiegeln die Erfahrung wider, Teile der eigenen Herkunft mit sich zu tragen und gleichzeitig ein neues Gefühl von Zugehörigkeit zu entwickeln.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/e5c2e3f089a44df09e18e3b6e8a9068b.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 5
- **Works in Series**:
  - New work (Medium · year): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/d39089e8339a411cbf79a08b23ef506f.jpg
  - New work (Medium · year): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/588eebb5bd0a46028347f5159d40d6e1.jpg
  - New work (Medium · year): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/328e274e10574acd888bcd37058f65b5.jpg
  - New work (Medium · year): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/6ad811b4301b49d8bbac282903eaf24c.jpg
  - New work (Medium · year): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/bebba86b71c943d6930536ced7baad85.jpg

### 3. Celestial Roots / Himmelswurzeln
- **Project ID**: `p1`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Ink - 2025
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Tusche · 2025
- **Description (EN)**: These series explores the connection between earth and cosmos through imagined root systems that symbolize life, belonging, and unseen connections. Created in ink on paper, the series invites viewers to pause and reflect on the quiet dialogue between the visible and the infinite.
- **Description (DE)**: Diese Serie erkundet die Verbindung zwischen Erde und Kosmos durch imaginierte Wurzelsysteme, die Leben, Zugehörigkeit und unsichtbare Verbindungen symbolisieren. In Tusche auf Papier geschaffen, lädt die Serie dazu ein, innezuhalten und den stillen Dialog zwischen dem Sichtbaren und dem Unendlichen zu reflektieren.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/55573483e4bf489aa5e02e8b0dae8723.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 5
- **Works in Series**:
  - Celestial Roots — Work #1 (Ink - 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/489e995d36314db69a1cd9b2b4289d06.jpg
  - Celestial Roots — Work #2 (Ink - 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/084e9c7ed2414feea593a461ba1515ae.jpg
  - Celestial Roots — Work #3 (Ink - 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/3cc85941ee414fdf9ffc3707bb4e106c.jpg
  - Celestial Roots — Work #4 (Ink - 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/56ee8be3c55f4590ba4af4f771fe98a1.jpg
  - Celestial Roots — Work #5 (Ink - 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/6ea7e6e35499457d88e2636db4ce67eb.jpg

### 4. Everybody´s Nobody / Jeder ist niemand
- **Project ID**: `p_nq2b2lwx`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Mixed media - 2026
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Mischtechnik · 2026
- **Description (EN)**: Every face here is somebody — but also no one specific.
- **Description (DE)**: Jedes Gesicht hier ist jemand — aber auch niemand Bestimmtes.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/e64f21004e8e4a68abb8d8ee65f8492e.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 0

### 5. Home / Zuhause
- **Project ID**: `p_kn1273xm`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Mixed media - 2026
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Mischtechnik · 2026
- **Description (EN)**: Ongoing series exploring the meaning of home through migration, memory, and belonging.
- **Description (DE)**: Fortlaufende Serie, die die Bedeutung von Zuhause durch Migration, Erinnerung und Zugehörigkeit erkundet.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0e0fbce8c35e464ea669f098042e8413.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 1
- **Works in Series**:
  - when home leaves (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/a435c7b9be5f431885ab395b3160e378.jpg

### 6. Fragment of Home I
- **Project ID**: `p_hm7zjg5n`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Watercolour - 2026
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Aquarell · 2026
- **Description (EN)**: Exploration of persian carpet motifs as symbols of memory.
- **Description (DE)**: Erforschung persischer Teppichmotive als Symbole der Erinnerung.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/f9886caf2daa4d43829150d6964e3eb1.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 4
- **Works in Series**:
  - Fragment of Home I — Work #1 (Watercolour - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/13f31073400d407ebf19b6c52dc5ee6c.jpg
  - Fragment of Home I — Work #2 (Watercolour - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/c79e8c9ba974463d8aee9b94e265a60d.jpg
  - Fragment of Home I — Work #3 (Watercolour - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/3d95bb39a86a427fb1dd3b664c868e3e.jpg
  - Fragment of Home I — Work #4 (Watercolour - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/2f85dd39af7c4f1ab0ddcba78c4ac8ec.jpg

### 7. Eruption
- **Project ID**: `p_cqk9tgy5`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Mixed media - 2026
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Mischtechnik · 2026
- **Description (EN)**: From Eruption to stillness—inner landscapes in transformation. inspired by the force and rhythm of volcanoeruptions.
- **Description (DE)**: Von der Eruption zur Stille — innere Landschaften im Wandel. Inspiriert von der Kraft und dem Rhythmus von Vulkanausbrüchen.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/341836a6e4854ba6aaa6072dfeee29a6.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 7
- **Works in Series**:
  - Eruption — Work #1 (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/616c01badd314e54aab68ffbdc3bc52e.jpg
  - Eruption — Work #2 (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/220e8b20aba143eca219c27212967773.jpg
  - Eruption — Work #3 (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/970c2e1667bd40b4a36b17237560bd7f.jpg
  - Eruption — Work #4 (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/dbfc57331b4c422b9488eccdab8fe6a6.jpg
  - Eruption — Work #5 (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/c182993c291145e4b2c1c00b4bf991ff.jpg
  - Eruption — Work #6 (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/4e3f8f0e982c4bd58d61d91b9bae55f1.jpg
  - Eruption — Work #7 (Mixed media - 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/422cfe7f43f64fa2974917868d502f5e.jpg

### 8. Tracing the Surface (Performance Documentation) / Die Oberfläche abtasten (Performance-Dokumentation)
- **Project ID**: `p_ae65xtaz`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Charcoal on paper · 2025
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Kohle auf Papier · 2025
- **Description (EN)**: Tracing the Surface explores the act of drawing as a form of physical encounter. During a live performance in the garden of the Universität der Künste Berlin, sheets of paper were wrapped around tree trunks and marked with charcoal, allowing the textures of the bark to emerge through touch. The work extends beyond the drawing itself. Sound recordings of charcoal rubbing against wood, the movement of the wind, and the surrounding environment become part of the piece, documenting a moment in which the paper gradually absorbs the character of its surroundings. The resulting traces are not only images, but records of contact, time, and presence.
- **Description (DE)**: Die Oberfläche abtasten untersucht das Zeichnen als Form körperlicher Begegnung. Während einer Live-Performance im Garten der Universität der Künste Berlin wurden Papierbögen um Baumstämme gelegt und mit Kohle markiert, sodass die Texturen der Rinde durch Berührung sichtbar wurden. Das Werk reicht über die Zeichnung hinaus. Tonaufnahmen vom Reiben der Kohle am Holz, der Bewegung des Windes und der umgebenden Umwelt werden Teil der Arbeit und dokumentieren einen Moment, in dem das Papier allmählich den Charakter seiner Umgebung aufnimmt. Die entstandenen Spuren sind nicht nur Bilder, sondern Aufzeichnungen von Kontakt, Zeit und Präsenz.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0ad698c7fa464f80b48da43837927b37.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 5
- **Works in Series**:
  - Tracing the Surface (Performance Documentation) — Work #1 (Charcoal on paper · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/1ab163b443604b6ab8361394ebfeec32.jpg
  - Tracing the Surface (Performance Documentation) — Work #2 (Charcoal on paper · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/1ffeeea151214f3096de140408f38510.jpg
  - Tracing the Surface (Performance Documentation) — Work #3 (Charcoal on paper · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/d4c5de61261342989a6c5eb8c7e8911f.jpg
  - Tracing the Surface (Performance Documentation) — Work #4 (Charcoal on paper · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/bd923e91eaee4c1a8d9f5238fc9a54fd.jpg
  - Tracing the Surface (Performance Documentation) — Work #5 (Charcoal on paper · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/297fa2d0c34144b6a19c45881e48099c.jpg

### 9. Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees / Abstrakte Kartierung der Bäume Berlins
- **Project ID**: `p_wvd3bi62`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: colored pencil· 2025
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Buntstift · 2025
- **Description (EN)**: Lines= city Red rectangles = trees Based on real coordinates, reduced to relationships and context.
- **Description (DE)**: Linien = Stadt Rote Rechtecke = Bäume Basierend auf realen Koordinaten, reduziert auf Beziehungen und Kontext.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/688cdcb943c8488988f2bcd8c8391438.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 8
- **Works in Series**:
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #1 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/ae883fd180394a358988d3b4f56aade4.jpg
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #2 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/576daa3cbac04f679480d8ae661c213d.jpg
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #3 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/7eadc1287c86459fab90a9501b847961.jpg
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #4 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0f4e9056c0ef43acb0f7df3bffcb66e8.jpg
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #5 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/03c541dc66d94d779533264a969efef0.jpg
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #6 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/28726d7e7e774de38cfef8d63c17c735.jpg
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #7 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0dfba8b91e0142f5839fb9722dafa25b.jpg
  - Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees — Work #8 (colored pencil· 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/85af7422cd34421cb490860fa462aa41.jpg

### 10. Wood touching wood / Holz berührt Holz
- **Project ID**: `p_01nh73w7`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Charcoal · 2025
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Kohle · 2025
- **Description (EN)**: Reading the surface of trees and letting the charcoal tell its story.
- **Description (DE)**: Die Oberfläche der Bäume lesen und die Kohle ihre Geschichte erzählen lassen.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/a8dfdb22c76b46ea9cfa2a8ee91665e8.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 5
- **Works in Series**:
  - Wood touching wood — Work #1 (Charcoal · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/248f2f845e6f451faa2bf3b11a87e40a.jpg
  - Wood touching wood — Work #2 (Charcoal · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/42075234dba34abeb56c4300fa0d5491.jpg
  - Wood touching wood — Work #3 (Charcoal · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/e44841e5f1d34d93bf0f2a9614287fad.jpg
  - Wood touching wood — Work #4 (Charcoal · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/2d1b391e4a034f21976ef1757485f4de.jpg
  - Wood touching wood — Work #5 (Charcoal · 2025): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/61f649d5955b4838b7acbba614852194.jpg

### 11. From page to book / Vom Blatt zum Buch
- **Project ID**: `p_7fnvz6rz`
- **Medium & Year (EN)**: Monoprint · 2026
- **Medium & Year (DE)**: Monoprint · 2026
- **Description (EN)**: Exploring printmaking and handmade bookbinding at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
- **Description (DE)**: Druckgrafik und handgefertigte Buchbindung in der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf entdecken.
- **Lead Artwork Image**: https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/39fd2662317940098d2258f48ee4640e.jpg
- **Total Works in Series**: 6
- **Works in Series**:
  - From page to book — Work #1 (Monoprint · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/a19682b0aabb4ca5a8c2ae04b6d2a6e0.jpg
  - From page to book — Work #2 (Monoprint · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0da36d809b0b42bf9f2f7113d6ce237f.jpg
  - From page to book — Work #3 (Monoprint · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0e197e4fa23f486989723b80a882f12f.jpg
  - From page to book — Work #4 (Monoprint · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/74b196f4a5334bda8f5d0a4ac7988f6a.jpg
  - From page to book — Work #5 (Monoprint · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/f3fd7257cec140829bcb35631e5f02dd.jpg
  - From page to book — Work #6 (Monoprint · 2026): https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/ec0e609c49344cc7b44c92ec7018628f.jpg