Artist Shirin Fathi with pale makeup, dark arched eyebrows, and red lipstick wears a blonde wig and a red coat with an ornate white lace collar, set against a plain peach background.

About Shirin Fathi

Shirin Fathi is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator whose practice investigates cultural shifts in gender identity through photography, sculpture, installation, and performance. Utilising her own body as a site of transformation, she employs cosmetics, prosthetics, and role-play to challenge dominant narratives and embody marginalised or ambiguous identities.

Her work has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, The Observer, The i, and the British Journal of Photography. She has exhibited internationally at Gallery 44 in Toronto, Khoj International Artists’ Association in Delhi, the Wellcome Collection in London as part of The Cult of Beauty exhibition, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s ‘Friday Late’ programme.

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1. Shirin Fathi, Blonde Colonel, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist
2. Shirin Fathi, Have you seen my nose? 2024. Still from performance. Image courtesy of the artist and Victoria and Albert Museum
3. Shirin Fathi, Have you seen my nose? 2024. Still from performance. Image courtesy of the artist and Victoria and Albert Museum
4. Shirin Fathi, The Cult Of Beauty, 2023. Installation view at Wellcome Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Wellcome Collection
5. Shirin Fathi, The Cult Of Beauty, 2023. Installation view at Wellcome Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Wellcome Collection