Roya Bahram (b.1998) is a British-Iranian sculptor based in London. Classically trained as a stonecarver, with a BA from City and Guilds of London Art School in Historic Architectural Stone Carving, Bahram creates trompe-l’œil sculptures that reimagine everyday domestic objects in stone. Her work bridges traditional craftsmanship and contemporary pop sensibility. Roya Bahram’s first solo show was at Blue Shop Gallery in 2024 and she went on to show works with T.J.Boulting during FRIEZE and Pangolin Gallery followed by London Art Fair with BSG in January 2025. Roya Bahram is represented by Blue Shop Gallery.

“I find the physical effort it takes to carve marble and the history associated with what it is traditionally used for as a material creates a quiet underlying pressure on the importance of the ‘thing’ that one chooses to depict in stone - is the ‘thing’ worthy of the material? I enjoy playing with this tension of it’s historic status and prominence versus its subject status. Giving a slice of cheese or a humble fried egg the same treatment that ancient civilisations would give their deities, spending days on end carefully carving to create something which has the potential to outlast us all.”

Gamboo, solo, Blue Shop Gallery 2024
Un Oeuf, group, TJBoulting 2024
Christmas Show, group, Pangolin 2024
Playing House, solo, Blue Shop Gallery 2025

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