# 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) - **Wearable Fragments** (3D-printed PLA, hand-painted · 2026): Inspired by nature. Printed by machine, finished by hand. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/b69fc3bb63d4478aa82d095335adf9e6.jpg) (12 works) - **Fragments of Home II** (Watercolor · 2026): 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. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/e5c2e3f089a44df09e18e3b6e8a9068b.jpg) (5 works) - **Celestial Roots / Himmelswurzeln** (Ink - 2025): 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. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/55573483e4bf489aa5e02e8b0dae8723.jpg) (5 works) - **Everybody´s Nobody / Jeder ist niemand** (Mixed media - 2026): Every face here is somebody — but also no one specific. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/e64f21004e8e4a68abb8d8ee65f8492e.jpg) (0 works) - **Home / Zuhause** (Mixed media - 2026): Ongoing series exploring the meaning of home through migration, memory, and belonging. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0e0fbce8c35e464ea669f098042e8413.jpg) (1 works) - **Fragment of Home I** (Watercolour - 2026): Exploration of persian carpet motifs as symbols of memory. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/f9886caf2daa4d43829150d6964e3eb1.jpg) (4 works) - **Eruption** (Mixed media - 2026): From Eruption to stillness—inner landscapes in transformation. inspired by the force and rhythm of volcanoeruptions. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/341836a6e4854ba6aaa6072dfeee29a6.jpg) (7 works) - **Tracing the Surface (Performance Documentation) / Die Oberfläche abtasten (Performance-Dokumentation)** (Charcoal on paper · 2025): 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. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/0ad698c7fa464f80b48da43837927b37.jpg) (5 works) - **Abstract mapping of Berlin's trees / Abstrakte Kartierung der Bäume Berlins** (colored pencil· 2025): Lines= city Red rectangles = trees Based on real coordinates, reduced to relationships and context. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/688cdcb943c8488988f2bcd8c8391438.jpg) (8 works) - **Wood touching wood / Holz berührt Holz** (Charcoal · 2025): Reading the surface of trees and letting the charcoal tell its story. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/a8dfdb22c76b46ea9cfa2a8ee91665e8.jpg) (5 works) - **From page to book / Vom Blatt zum Buch** (Monoprint · 2026): Exploring printmaking and handmade bookbinding at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. [Lead Image](https://nilughorbani.com/assets/artworks/39fd2662317940098d2258f48ee4640e.jpg) (6 works) ## Machine-Readable Resources - [Full Portfolio Catalog for LLMs (llms-full.txt)](https://nilughorbani.com/llms-full.txt) - [Structured Content JSON (content.json)](https://nilughorbani.com/data/content.json) - [XML Sitemap with Image Metadata (sitemap.xml)](https://nilughorbani.com/sitemap.xml)