Ahoo Maher was born into an artistic family in Iran and has lived in Austria since 2008. Between 2009 and 2011 she studied Music Education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 2017, she completed her studies in Contextual Painting under the guidance of Ashley Scheirl at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

She has participated in several solo exhibitions in Austria and Iran, as well as numerous international group exhibitions. As a co-founder of the organisation “ANN – Association for Art, Culture and Solidarity”, she is actively involved in various cultural initiatives. Her artistic work focuses on the representation of life realities from a female perspective, using various media such as drawing, painting, installations and performances. She works as an independent artist, performer and curator in Vienna.