Today we’d like to introduce you to Mobina Nouri.
Hi Mobina, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I was born in Isfahan, Iran, a city rich in poetry, Art, and symbolism. My creative journey began with a deep love for storytelling and myth, which led me to study performing arts and design. Over time, I found myself equally drawn to science and innovation, eventually got awarded a Ph.D. in Creativity science from City University of London.
But art has always been my way of making sense of the world, blending mysticism, female identity and storytelling. Today, my practice spans painting, performance, installation, and research. I create to bridge cultures, spark dialogue, and imagine new futures, especially for women’s voice through my art.
Los Angeles has become a space of freedom and experimentation for me, where I continue to explore the intersection of technology, art, and human connection.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It hasn’t been a smooth road. Immigration, for me, has been both a destruction and a rebuilding of identity. Moving from Tehran to London, then San Francisco to Los Angeles, meant constantly adapting, shedding parts of myself while trying to hold on to my roots. It’s emotionally and culturally disorienting. You’re always translating, not just language, but your very sense of self. But in that fragmentation, I found new layers of creativity, strength, and purpose. My art became the space where I could piece myself back together, and back to my root.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
My work lives at the intersection of art, science, and mysticism. I create across mediums, painting, AI images and videos, installation, and conceptual design, often exploring themes of identity, feminine power, and transformation. I’m especially drawn to the unseen: inner landscapes, collective memory, and the metaphysical layers of existence.
What sets my practice apart is the blend of intuitive, symbolic storytelling with structured research and technological experimentation. I have a background in both the arts and innovation, and that duality shows up in everything I do, from hand-drawn sacred symbols to AI-generated concepts.
I’m most proud of creating work that resonates across borders and disciplines, inviting people to reconnect with their inner worlds while questioning the systems that shape us. My goal is to make the invisible visible, and to remind us of the magic in both past and the future.
To share my knowledge with others, I design and lead courses that explore the connection between emotion, creativity, and inner awareness. In workshops such as Soul Mandala and Sensing Creativity, I guide participants to access their intuition and translate inner experiences into visual and embodied expressions. I’ve taught at the Berkeley Innovation Center, contributed to the Harvard Convergence program, and am now leading workshops at the Philosophical Research Society.
If you had to, what characteristic of yours would you give the most credit to?
Curiosity, imagination, and intuition are the inner compass of my creative journey.
Curiosity invites me to explore unfamiliar ideas, technologies, and ways of seeing the world. Imagination allows me to re-shape those discoveries into new forms, while intuition guides me toward what truly resonates. One asks the questions, one dreams the possibilities, and one feels the answers.
Navigating multiple disciplines and identities, this triad has been essential to my evolution, though holding that balance is often a delicate, ongoing process.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Www.mobinanouri.com
- Instagram: https://Www.Instagram.com/mobinanouri.studio
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mobina-nouri-ph-d-a2117b48?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@mobinanouri.studio?si=LQkdd0S3wMGRk7vI
Image Credits
Ebti Shedid
Stuart Mackay
Darya Orlova
