CV
PRESENTED BY NICOLAS ROBERT GALLERY
EDUCATION
2013
2007
Master of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, CA
BFA, Graphic Design, Soureh University, Tehran, IR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
- (Forthcoming) Systema Naturae, Centre d’art Jacques & Michel Auger, Victoriaville
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
- May You Break Free & Outlive Your Enemy, Sobey Art Award Shortlist Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- Half of the Red Sun, The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec – Curated by André Gilbert
- Systema Naturae, Gallery 44, Toronto
- Circuit of Disposition, Nicholas Robert Gallery, Toronto
- Planting Displacement, The New Gallery, Calgary
- It Looks Nice from a Distance, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary
- Systema Naturae, OBORO, Montreal
2022
2022
2022
- Planting Displacement, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph – Curated by Amin Alsaden
- Troubled Garden: Study for Migratory Roots, Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment
- Mille soleils se cachent derrière les murs, Plein sud, Montreal – Curated by Ariane de Blois
2021
- Other Landscapes, Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery, Montreal
2018
- A Space In-between, Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin
2015
- We All Knew That Here Is the Place of Ordinary Objects, BLACK BOX, Montreal
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
2024
- (Forthcoming) femmes volcans forêts torrents, Montreal Contemporary Art Museum – Curated by Marie-Eve Beaupré
- (Forthcoming) As We Move Away from the Sun, Apexart, New York – Curated by Fatma Hendawy
2023
2023
2023
2023
- Being and Belonging, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto – Curated by Fahmida Suleiman
- Garden of Broken Shadows, Critical Distance, Toronto – Curated by Fatma Hendawy
- V.I.D.E, Agrégat centre d’artistes, Montreal – Curated by Stanely Fevrier
- Writing Mountains – Entre les lignes, Stewart Hall Gallery, Montreal – Curated by Manel Benchabane
2022
MAADI Collection, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal – Curated by Stanely Fevrier and Laura Delfino
2021
2021
2021
- Architectures of Hiding, Carleton University, Ottawa – Curated by CRIPTIC
- BIENALSUR, International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires – Curated by Marina Aguerre
- SAK VID PA KANPE, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal – Curated by Stanely Fevrier and Nuria Carton de Grammont
2020
Landed, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat – Curated by Xanthe Isbister
2013
2013
Magic of Persia Finalist Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Magic of Persia Shortlist Exhibition, Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai
2011
2011
Ashura, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
Appropriation Allowed, Aaran Gallery, Tehran
2010
2010
2010
New Folder 1, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
Tehran, Virtual or Real, Aaran Gallery, Tehran
11th Biennial of Iran Photography, Tehran
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2022
Flesh Memory, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal – Curated by Stanely Fevrier
2015
2015
2015
Performing the Political, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto – Curated by SAVAC
Monitor 10: South Asian Experimental Film & Video, Articule, Montreal – Curated by Shai Heredia
- POV Realities Revisited, Croxhapox, Gent – Curated by Nima Bahrehmand
ARTIST RESIDENCies
2024
2024
(Forthcoming) MASS MoCA, US
(Forthcoming) Jardin de Métis + Galerie de l’UQAM, CA
2022
2022
- Impressions Residency, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA
- Ada-X & Algora Lab, CA
2021
- Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment, CA
2020
2020
VU centre de diffusion et production de la photographie, CA
Vermont Studio Center, US
2018
Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, GR
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023
2023
Winner of Contemporary Art Award, The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, CA
- Shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award, CA
2022
2022
Winner of Impressions Residency and Creation Award, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA
- Recipient of Liz Crockford Artist Fund Award, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, CA
2021
2021
2021
2021
Winner of Grantham Foundation Creation Award, CA
Finalist in Plein Sud Scholarship, CA
Vivacité | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Research and Creation grant, CA
- Canada Council for the Arts: Research and Creation grant, CA
2020
2020
2020
2020
Finalist in the public art competition, Argenteuil Artistic Center, CA
Finalist in photography competition, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, CA
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Research and Creation grant, CA
Canada Council for the Arts: Digital Originals, CA
2019
2019
Vermont Studio Center Merit Grant: Research and residency grant, US
MAI Alliance Program: Project grant, CA
2018
2018
Canada Council for the Arts: Project grant, CA
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Travel grant, CA
2015
2015
Finalist in Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize, UK
Graduate Mobility Award, Concordia University: Travel grant, CA
SELECTED TALKS/CONFERENCES
2021
2021
2021
Artist talk, Botanical Violence, University of Michigan, Department of Comparative Literature, US
Artist talk, RAIQ, Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec, CA
- Artist talk, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Center, CA
2015
2015
Panel discussion, South Asian Experimental Film & Video, Articule, CA
Artist talk, EAHR Speaker Series, Concordia University, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
- Interview by Didier Morelli, CBC Arts, October 2023
- Catalogue, Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from Islamic World and Beyond, Yale University Press
- Interview by Radio-Canada
- Portfolio, issue 108, by Anne-Marie Dubois, May 2023, esse
- Review by Bénédicte Ramade, esse
2022
2022
2022
- Exhibition review by Éric Clément, La Presse
- Review by Bénédicte Ramade, esse
Interview by Azrieli School of Architecture at Carleton University, Architectures of Hiding
2021
2021
2021
2021
- Portfolio by Ariane de Blois, Spirale Magazine
- Interview by Luba Markovskaia, Spirale Magazine, Un reliquaire de paysages
Review by Éric Clément, La Presse
Interview by CKUA: Alberta’s Radio Network
2020
2020
2020
Interview by CBC Radio, Objects from Home
Article by CBC Canada, Photos, letters and spices
Review by Vie des Arts, Entendre les lieux, faire parler les corps
2019
- Interview by Persian Heritage for the World, Cambridge
2014
2014
2014
Interview by Islamic Arts Magazine, Screening Place, Time and the Body
MOP CAP Finalists Exhibition catalogue, Royal college of Arts, London, UK
MOP CAP Shortlist Exhibition catalogue, Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai