Tala Madani (b. Dec. 1981; Persian: طلا مدنی) is an Iranian-born American artist, well-known for her contemporary paintings, drawings, and animations.
[8] Many of her works contain images of men in traditionally childlike positions, playing with their anuses, bodily fluids, and penises.
[8][9] Madani works to capture the moment an idea emerges in sketchbooks and she translates this by using decisive brushwork and strong lines in her paintings,[9] and is a visual example of real world impulses that get repressed.
[2] Awards have included Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation (2013), Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting (2013), the De Volkskrant Art Award (2012), Pinchuk Art Centre (2012), the Van den Berch van Heemstede Stichting Fellowship (2008), and the Kees Verwey Fellowship (2007).
[10][11][12][13] In September 2022, the first North American survey of Madani's work opened at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles.