CV
EDUCATION
2013
Master of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2014
Major in French as a Second Language , Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2005
BFA, Graphic Design, Soureh University, Tehran, Iran
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2018
DE- + PATTERENED: A SPACE IN-BETWEEN, Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, Germany
2014
We All Knew That Here Is the Place of Ordinary Objects, BLACK BOX, Montreal, Canada
2005
Sachsenhausen and Stone Garden, Khark Gallery, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
- Performing the Political, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Monitor 10: South Asian Experimental Film & Video, Articule, Montreal, Canada
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
- Ultramodern, Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
- Sortie, Ecole des Beaux-arts, Montreal, Canada
2012
- 14, Stewart Hall Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Le Festival Des Arts de Montreal Nord, Montreal, Canada
2010
- New Folder 1, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Tehran, Virtual or Real?, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009
- Ashura, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Black and White, Art Center Gallery, Tehran, Iran
- Appropriation Allowed, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008
- 11th Biennial of Iran Photography, Tehran, Iran
- Landscape, Mah-Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007
First Iranian Photo Expo, Tehran, Iran
2006
10th Biennial of Iran Photography, Tehran, Iran
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2018
- Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2018
- Canada Council for the Arts: Project grant
- Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Travel grant
2013
- Finalist in Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
- Graduate Mobility Award, Concordia University: Travel grant
- MAI’s Short-term Mentorship Program: Visual Arts production grant
2012
- MAI’s Short-term Mentorship Program: Visual Arts production grant
- Shortlist in Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize
2011
Grant for International Students, Concordia University: Project grant
ART COLLECTIONS
2011
Private collection, Tehran, Iran
2010
Private collection, Tehran, Iran
TALKS/CONFERENCES
2014
- Panel discussion, South Asian Experimental Film & Video, Articule, Montreal, Canada
- Artist talk, EAHR Speaker Series, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2013
- Artist talk, Body, Arts, and the State, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2012
- Artist talk, photography department, Concordia University, Montreal,
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, AND INTERVIEWS
2018
- Translation, Painting Dreams and Myths in 21th Century Iran, Underline Art Magazine
- Interview by Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, Germany
2014
- Interview by Islamic Arts Magazine, Screening Place, Time and the Body
- Translation, Beauty and the Lens, Islamic Arts Magazine