Ashkan Goodarzi

Ashkan Goodarzi is an Iranian illustrator and animation artist based in Berlin, currently pursuing an MFA in Animation Direction at Bauhaus University.

The work focuses on atmosphere-driven storytelling, using character, gesture, and space to communicate without reliance on dialogue or explicit narrative. Images function as quiet scenes—moments where time slows and emotion settles into posture, silence, and environment.

Rather than explaining, the work builds mood: suspended time, inner tension, solitude, and psychological presence. Illustration and animation are treated as cinematic spaces—frames that invite the viewer to pause, observe, and feel before understanding.

Working across illustration and animation, the practice combines bold composition, expressive colour, and symbolic detail to construct intimate visual worlds. Recurring themes include memory, anxiety, isolation, and the fragile boundary between inner and outer reality.

Open to commissions and collaborations in editorial, publishing, music, and cultural contexts, including book covers, album artwork, posters, visual essays, and narrative-driven projects.

Selected Projects & Exhibitions

Salsa Film Festival 2025 — Visual identity & animated teaser, screened at CineStar Weimar

Under Shadow of the Norms — Visual essay / illustrated book

Cover Illustration & Feature — Pigeon Publishing

The Pulse of an Echo — Short animated film, screened at Lichthaus Kino and Mon Ami, Weimar (2024)

Group Exhibition — Mon Ami, Weimar

Group Exhibition — curated by Artfatale, Bielefeld