Eleanor Nadimi is a London-based artist and designer who believes art helps people find more beauty in everyday life. For her, art is not limited to what hangs on a wall. A lamp can change the atmosphere of a room, while the weight and feel of a favourite cup can make morning coffee more satisfying. These encounters with beauty shape how we feel and experience ordinary moments, whether or not we consciously notice. Through abstract paintings, textiles and objects, she explores how colour, shape and material can heighten everyday experience.

Trained in Printed Textiles at the Royal College of Art, Eleanor draws from architecture, interiors and modernist abstraction. Mid-century design, with its balance of form, function and atmosphere, is a recurring influence, as is her British-Iranian heritage. The Persian carpets, fabrics, inlaid brass tables and marquetry boxes from her childhood home shaped an obsession with pattern, precision and craftsmanship. Together, these influences have formed a visual language rooted in colour and in the relationship between art, objects and the rooms they inhabit.

This belief in the value of functional objects has taken Eleanor beyond the wall. She carries colour and composition onto reworked furniture, made-to-order screens and lighting, treating them with the same consideration as a painting. Her recent use of straw marquetry brings light, reflection and movement to their surfaces, allowing something functional to hold as much beauty and presence within a room as an artwork.

Many of Eleanor’s paintings begin not with a blank canvas, but with a found or reclaimed frame. Its proportions, colour and character provide the starting point for the composition within. In some, the painting extends across the frame, blurring the boundary between the artwork and the room and allowing it to merge with its setting. In others, the frame is left untouched, its original surface and history creating a deliberate contrast with the work. In both cases, the frame becomes part of the artwork and changes how the painting is seen within a room. For commissions, a frame already owned by a client can provide the starting point for a new painting, allowing its history to shape what comes next.

Alongside her own collections, Eleanor creates commissions and collaborations for private clients, interior designers and brands. She is also the founder of British homeware studio One Nine Eight Five and works across education and industry as a lecturer, mentor and creative consultant.