Biography
Nicolas Mehdi Pour Vahid (b. 1995, Tours, France) is a French Persian painter, currently based in Paris. He studied Design at La Martinière in Lyon. Influenced early on by his mother’s work as a sculpture restorer and his father’s devotion to Persian literature and poetry, his practice evolved from narrative drawing to painting. His first graphic novel is published in 2021.
He exhibits regularly in Paris, notably with Galerie Laffanour Downtown +, Galerie Dauphine, and Romero Paprocki. In 2025, he completed a residency at The Cabin LA (Los Angeles), mentored by Danny First, and participated in the Kiyoshima Apartment residency hosted by Beppu Project in Japan. His work was presented in a solo exhibition at A66 Gallery, Mallorca (2025). In 2026, he is preparing a solo show at Artemin Gallery, Taipei.
Statement
Silence. The rustling of leaves. The sound of my footsteps. I remember the first times. When I smelled that scent, felt that very breeze. Caressing my face, blowing through my hair. A bird cries. The light flickers like a gentle fire. The landscape seen in dreams sings nameless emotions. Icons of my childhood, I am a comic book hero. When was that? Before, before the waves.
And then, the scarlet clouds.
Exhibitions
2026 (Upcoming) Solo show Artemin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2025 The Cabin LA Solo show La Brea, Los Angeles
Mémoire Vive Group show Galerie Dauphine/Romero Paprocki, Paris
SWAB Art Fair Barcelona, Spain
Scarlet Clouds Solo show A66 Gallery, Mallorca, Spain
2024 Italia Galerie Laffanour / Downtown + Hotel de l’industrie, Paris
Confluences Group show Cohle Gallery, Paris
Perceptionis Curation Maria Cifuentes Bastille Design Center, Paris
2023 Après le Chaos Duo show Cohle Gallery, Menorca, Spain
Highlight Group show Cohle Gallery, Paris
2022 Manticore Artist Run Space Serge Bloch’s studio, Paris
Residencies
2026 Xenia Creative Retreat Hampshire, England
2025 The Cabin LA Los Angeles
Kiyoshima Apartment Beppu, Japan
Price
2023 Prix ICART 15th edition finalist
Edition
2020 En un Mot Graphic novel Apeiron Edition
Press
2025 AD Magazine Lisa Sicignano and Collected Studio for Atelier Baptiste Legué
2024 Elle Décoration Magazine Lauranne Elise Schmitt’s press article