Mariam Todd
Mariam Todd was born in Teheran, Iran in 1976 and left her place of birth as a young child after the revolution. She was raised in Karachi, Pakistan and now calls Virginia home.
She is the illustrator of Annie Smith's book, The Dancing Tree's Secret, and a member of Artists in Cahoots where her work is available for purchase at the gallery in downtown Lexington, Virginia.
Find her on Instagram at A Pocket of Dreams.
“I work in mixed media collage, cyanotype, and acrylic painting to explore the relationship between memory, place, and lived experience. Influenced by a lifelong love of reading and travel, my compositions draw from stories, and the colors and textures gathered from the spaces I have visited and called home.
Women appear throughout my work as archetypes and contemporaries, reflecting themes of identity and resilience. My process is layered and intuitive, combining paint, found imagery, plants, and sunlight. Across mediums, my practice is an act of gathering — shaping fragments of story and landscape into cohesive visual narratives.
I do accept commissions and enjoy collaborating on art; contact me to begin a conversation.”
~Mariam