Kiarash Alimi (b. 1985, Tehran) is an Iranian visual artist, writer and former editor-in-chief of "Zamineh", a free online art magazine and content viewing platform, currently living and working in Tehran. He studied Painting at Tehran School of Visual Arts (2002). Paintings of Kiarash Alimi reduce forms to an extreme with a fluid handling of color and an approach that foregrounds his explorations in painting as "a mental activity" and thinking-through-doing. His body of works is an invitation to "tamāšā", a persian word that underlines the act of prolonged observation.