Conceptual Artist · Sculptor · Art Lecturer

Ramin Etemadi Bozorg

Washington, DC

He documents compassion — the forms forgotten, censored, or unseen — across sculpture, painting, performance, video, and installation.

Ramin Etemadi-Bozorg (b. 1977, Tehran) is a DC-based conceptual artist. His work explores compassion, particularly the forms forgotten, censored, or unseen by societal norms. He documents a wide range of realities, from socio-political events to deeply personal, unspoken narratives — layered perspectives that serve as both personal archives and cultural testimonies.

Since earning his BA from the University of Art and Architecture in Iran in 2001, Ramin has played a pioneering role in the development of new media art in Iran, particularly in introducing performance and video art to the country's contemporary art history.

He is an active member of the Iranian Society of Painters, the Iranian Society of Sculptors, and the Iranian Promotion of Visual Arts. His commitment to documenting historical and intimate narratives positions his work as a personal archive and a cultural testimony.

Ramin has presented fourteen solo exhibitions in painting, sculpture, and video art, and performed seventeen original performance pieces. He has taken part in more than seventy group exhibitions, festivals, expos, and biennales — in the United States, Iran, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Turkey, Morocco, the UAE, Armenia, and China.

Selected Work

Twelve pieces

VIS O RAMIN, Document 14 — “VIS O RAMIN,” Document 14 — Fiberglass, 80×60×35 cm

We Abided By The Love, Document No. 7 — “We Abided By The Love,” Document No. 7 — Bronze, 65×50×45 cm

My Hands Will Change Your World No. 17 — “My Hands Will Change Your World,” No. 17 — Fiberglass, 120×80×22 cm

“Kamal ol-Molk,” Historical Documents — Wax, life size

“Portrait of Esha” — Plaster and gold leaf, life size

Untitled, Personal Documents series — “Untitled,” Personal Documents series — Fiberglass

My Hands Will Change Your World No. 1 — “My Hands Will Change Your World,” No. 1 — Fiberglass, 50×60×23 cm

We Abided By The Love, Document No. 10 — “We Abided By The Love,” Document No. 10 — Bronze, 60×70×35 cm

We Abided By The Love, Document No. 8 — “We Abided By The Love,” Document No. 8 — Bronze, 45×45×15 cm

The Memorable Hands, Iran Darroudi — “The Memorable Hands,” Historical Documents (Iran Darroudi) — Bronze

My Hands Will Change Your World No. 14 — “My Hands Will Change Your World,” No. 14 — Fiberglass, 100×70×17 cm

Papion, from the Fear collection — “Papion,” from the Fear collection (Middle East) — Bronze