Currency art · est. 2026

Miniatures painted on retired banknotes.

Darkhshan is a deaf currency artist. Every piece begins with a note that has left circulation — a rupee, a lira, a yen — and is painted in gouache, ink, and gold leaf at the scale of the palm of your hand.

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Detail from the artist’s collage of overlapping hand-painted banknote panels. A placeholder — not a photograph of this piece.

Note Study (Lira)

Gouache on banknote · 2021

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How this studio talks

Darkhshan speaks in colour, not sound. She’s Deaf and non-verbal — so this site does the talking a phone call usually would: every word written, every price shown, every reply typed back in full.

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Recent notes from the studio

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Note Study (Lira)

Türkiye · 2021

Yen Study — Crane

Japan · 2024

Dirham Arabesque

Morocco · 2023

Detail from the artist’s collage of hand-painted banknote panels, shown in place of a photograph of the item itself.

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Originals, prints, and commissions

Framed originals, signed editions, and small studio pieces. Order in a tap — your cart hands off to a pre-filled WhatsApp message, no checkout forms.

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Darkhshan's initials mark — the artist does not share her face publicly

About the artist

“I build a studio that can be experienced in silence — everything is shown, never only heard.”