CV
EDUCATION
2013
Master of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2007
BFA, Graphic Design, Soureh University, Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
(Upcoming) Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
(Upcoming) Oboro, Montreal, Canada
(Upcoming) The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
(Upcoming) PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, Canada
(Upcoming) TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary, Canada
2022
2022
2022
Plating Displacement, Art Gallery of Guelph, Canada
Troubled Garden: Study for Migratory Roots, Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment, Canada
Mille soleils se cachent derrière les murs, Galerie Plein Sud, Montreal, Canada
2021
Other Landscapes, Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2018
A Space In-between, Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, Germany
2015
We All Knew That Here Is the Place of Ordinary Objects, BLACK BOX, Montreal, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
2023
- (Upcoming) Being and Belonging, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
- (Upcoming) Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Montreal, Canada
2022
MAADI Collection, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
2021
2021
2021
Architectures of Hiding, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
BIENALSUR—International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
SAK VID PA KANPE, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Canada
2020
Landed, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, Canada
2015
2015
Performing the Political, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Monitor 10: South Asian Experimental Film & Video, Articule, Montreal, Canada
2013
2013
2013
Magic of Persia Finalist Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
POV realities revisited, Croxhapox, Gent, Belgium
Magic of Persia Shortlist Exhibition, Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai, UAE
2011
2011
Ashura, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Appropriation Allowed, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010
2010
2010
New Folder 1, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Tehran, Virtual or Real, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
11th Biennial of Iran Photography, Tehran, Iran
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2022
2022
2022
(Upcoming) Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
Impressions, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal , Canada
Ada X & Algora Lab, Montreal, Canada
2021
Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment, Canada
2020
2020
VU centre de diffusion et production de la photographie, Quebec City, Canada
Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA
2018
Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022
2022
Winner of Impressions Residency and Creation Award, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Recipient of Liz Crockford Artist Fund Award, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
2021
2021
2021
2021
Winner of Grantham Foundation Creation Award
Finalist in Plein Sud Scholarship, Canada
Vivacité | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Research and Creation grant
- Canada Council for the Arts: Research and Creation grant
2020
2020
2020
2020
Finalist in the public art competition, Argenteuil Artistic Center, Montreal, Canada
Finalist in photography competition, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Research and Creation grant
Canada Council for the Arts: Digital Originals
2019
2019
Vermont Studio Center Merit Grant: Research and residency grant
MAI Alliance Program: Project grant
2018
2018
Canada Council for the Arts: Project grant
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Travel grant
2015
2015
Finalist in Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
Graduate Mobility Award, Concordia University: Travel grant
ART COLLECTIONS
The New Gallery, Silk Road Gallery, Aaran Gallery, private collection
TALKS/CONFERENCES
2021
2021
2021
Artist talk, Botanical Violence, University of Michigan, Department of Comparative Literature, MI, U.S.
Artist talk, RAIQ, Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec, Canada
- Artist talk, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Center, Medicine Hat, Canada
2015
2015
Panel discussion, South Asian Experimental Film & Video, Articule, Montreal, Canada
Artist talk, EAHR Speaker Series, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, AND INTERVIEWS
2021
2021
2021
2021
- Exhibition review by Éric Clément, La Presse
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, UK
2018
2018
Translation, Painting Dreams and Myths in 21th Century Iran, Underline Art Magazine
Interview by Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, Germany
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, September 2014
MOP CAP Shortlist Exhibition catalogue, Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai, UAE, March 2014