SAMA MIRSHAHVALAD

My work emerges from the intersection of displacement, the body under pressure, and the architecture of confinement. Working in bronze, concrete, ceramic, and resin, I make sculptures and installations that carry the visible evidence of force — cracked, embedded, still standing. Shaped by growing up in Iran, living through war, and building a life between cultures, my practice asks what survives when a life is turned upside down, and what new form it takes.

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Sama Mirshahvalad is an Iranian-German sculptor based in Berlin. Her practice draws from explorations of consciousness, Buddhist philosophy, and Eastern mysticism — particularly the poetry of Rumi and the writings of Ken Wilber and S. N. Goenka. A background spanning engineering, somatic bodywork, and contemplative practice has shaped a holistic approach to making: each sculpture is both a material investigation and a philosophical proposition. She began working full-time as a sculptor in 2024, following a decade-long interdisciplinary career and a ten-day silent meditation retreat in South Africa.