(b. 1981 in Tehran, Iran) currently at the Rijksakademie on fellowship in Amsterdam. She received a 2006 MFA in Painting, from Yale and a BFA from Oregon State University. Recent solo exhibitions were in 2007 and 2008 at Lombard-Freid Projects, NY. In 2009 Tala has a solo show in London. Group exhibitions include two shows at HVVCA: SIZE MATTERS: XXL – Recent Large Scale Painting and XS – Recent Small scale Painting – the later traveled to the Knoxville Museum in 2008.

Tala’s work has been highlighted in several major publications including  by Genocchio, Benjamin. "Beauty is Back, and Available in Small Sizes." New York Times, Arts and Entertainment Section, Oct 7, 2007: WE 11; Schwabsky, Barry. “First Take: Barry Schwabsky on Tala Madani.” Artforum Jan 2007: 214-215; Smith, Roberta. "Tala Madani, Smoke and Mirrors." The New York Times 30 Mar 2007. Tala has uncommon maturity as a painter at a young age. The auction painting is demonstrative of the beautiful fluidity of her work.