Nairy Baghramian was born in Isfahan, Iran, in 1971 and is a member of the Armenian minority. In 1984, she moved with her family to Berlin, Germany, due to political and social circumstances. She once said, "I knew exactly what it means to live in a culture or in a society that culture is almost not existence, my desire was wherever whenever I can be confronted related to art I will take that opportunity." Her upbringing and fluidity of identity is also reflected in her work. For her, sculpture is intimately linked to time, architectural site, body, gender and social context. It is not just an individual entity, but encompasses the experience of the body that is inevitably constrained by its surroundings, a work that speaks of precariousness, aided by external forces to achieve a state of equilibrium, and a metaphor for a relationship of dependence with society.

Her pieces have been on show at major art institutions such as the Nasher Sculpture Centre, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg, Walker Art Center, Art Institute of Chicago‬, Serpentine Galleries, London, and have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Biennale de Lyon, Documenta Kassel, Berlin Biennale, Skulptur Projekte Münster, and are also in the collections housed by several internationally renowned institutions. In 2022, the artist won the Nasher Prize for Sculpture and was shortlisted for the Hugo Boss Prize and honored with the Zurich Art Prize.