My work moves through layers of memory, emotion, and time — from abstraction to collage, from love to irony. Each series speaks a different dialect of the same inner language: the language of presence and absence, of what remains after love, loss, or laughter. In my abstracts, color becomes breath — a meditation on the invisible. In collages, torn papers remember what paint forgets — fragments of home, belonging, and displacement finding new form. In How to Love, tenderness and pain intertwine; it is not a guide, but a confession — of what it means to remain open when everything asks you to close. And in the Pink Panther series, irony meets affection; the soft pink becomes both mask and mirror, revealing the fragile courage of being human. Across all of them, I explore how memory inhabits the body — how we carry our stories in texture, color, and the quiet space between gestures. Perhaps every painting is a question disguised as a form, a way to ask again and again: If love and memory are what keep us human, what happens when both begin to fade?

JILA MANNANI Boston, MA, USA Instagram: @studio_405a Email: jill.mannani ⸻ EDUCATION BSc in Geology,ٍEsfahan Uni. Iran ⸻ SOLO EXHIBITIONS • Shirin & Farhad Gallery, Tehran, Iran – 2012 • Naqsh-e Jahan Gallery, Tehran, Iran – 2015 • Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran – 2008 • Art Expo Tehran, Iran – 2007 • Italian Embassy, Tehran, Iran – [Year] • Russian Embassy Exhibitions, Tehran, Iran – [Various Years] • Apadana Gallery, Isfahan, Iran – 4 solo exhibitions (Director for 14 years) ⸻ GROUP EXHIBITIONS • Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA – 2024 • Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA – 2023 .Gallery 1832 | LabCentral, Inc. ⸻ STUDIO 450 Harrison Ave, Studio 405A, Boston, MA – Since 2023 ⸻ LANGUAGES • Persian (native) • English • Italian – Lived in Italy, 1985–1991 ⸻ BIO Jila Mannani is an Iranian artist based in Boston. With a background in geology and over two decades of curatorial and artistic experience, she explores themes of memory, love, and migration through abstract figurative painting. Former director of Apadana Gallery in Isfahan, she has held solo and group exhibitions in Tehran, Isfahan, and Boston, and currently works from her studio at SoWa Boston.