Amadyar's practice centres on colour, which she treats not only as a visual element but as a material carrying history, emotion and cultural weight. Through reduced shapes and carefully balanced compositions, her paintings allude to landscapes or spaces while exposing the raw, tactile presence of pigment. Her process of layering, scraping and revealing colour is as much a physical act as a contemplative one. Her practice extends into textiles, portraiture and work involving food, and is informed by an interest in movement, both physical and historical, from the migration of people to the exchange of goods and ideas along trade routes.
Tamina Amadyar (b. 1989, Kabul, Afghanistan) lives and works in Berlin.
Amadyar studied with Tal R at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and was visiting professor for painting at the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe from 2018 to 2021. She was awarded the ars viva prize, which included an exhibition at the Brücke-Museum, Berlin, in 2022. Selected solo exhibitions include Meyer Riegger (2021); Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin (2020, 2017, 2015); Oldenburger Kunstverein (2019); Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca (2019); Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens (2019); and Kunstverein Reutlingen (2018). Selected group exhibitions include Berghain, Berlin (2020); P420, Bologna (2019); Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo (2018); and Kunsthaus Essen (2017).