Reza Derakshani
Blue Rain Fig Day, 2025
Oil, enamel and tar on canvas
78 x 47 in. | 200 x 120 cm
Blue Rain Fig Night, 2025
Oil, enamel and tar on canvas
78 x 55 in. | 200 x 140 cm
Falling Crown, 2015
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 48 in. | 122 x 122 cm
Through the Night, 2019
Oil on canvas
Diptych, 78 x 94 in. | 200 x 240 cm
Every Blue Night, 2018
Mixed media on canvas
60 x 96 in. | 152 x 244 cm
Untitled, 2025
Mixed media on canvas
78 x 78 in. | 200 x 200 cm
Night Figs, 2024
Oil and enamel on canvas
74 x 55 in. | 190 x 140 cm
Fig Night Blue, 2016
Oil and enamel on canvas
Diptych, 48 x 96 in. | 122 x 244 cm
Every Blue Day & Every White Night, 2023
Oil and enamel on canvas
Diptych, 71 x 118 in. | 180 x 300 cm
Every Blue Day Journey, 2016
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 48 in. | 122 x 122 cm
Sacred Butterfly, 2017
Oil and gold paste on canvas
72 x 60 in. | 183 x 153 cm
New York, NY – Leila Heller Gallery is delighted to announce the solo exhibition by Reza Derakshani, “Crowns & Leaves: The Blue Season,” opening on 25th October 2025.
Marking his first solo show in New York in over five years, the exhibition gathers eleven paintings from three major series: Day and Night / Fig Leaf, Rain / Day, and Crowns. Each is a meditation on memory and identity. Across these bodies of work, Derakshani channels his lifelong pursuit of a visual language where history and modernity are one. The color blue has a rich history in Persian culture and beyond, oftentimes representing nobility and divinity. Blue also recalls the flow of the Caspian Sea and the towering presence of minaret rooftops. This exhibition explores the “blue season,” its associations, and invites us to look closer.
A crown of sapphire,
soft as sighs
Woven with honor, bright as sunrise.
It's quiet weight, A whispered pride,
forever.
Beneath the shadow of the ancient fig tree,
The night turns blue
Rain drips like verses, cool and true
Leaves shiver,
catching silvered tears
while moonlight hums through ancient years.
A regal pulse,
The crown of sapphire,
carried through the silence of the night.
Blue rain, blue crown, blue honor,
Shadow of the fig tree
quiets my soul.