ANAHITA NOROUZI

CV

REPRESENTED BY NICOLAS ROBERT GALLERY

EDUCATION

  • 2013
  • 2007
  • MFA (Studio Arts), Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
  • BFA, Graphic Design, Soureh University, Tehran, IR

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

  • 2026

  • Jan Van Eyke Academie, NL

2025

  • The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, US
  • ZK/U Berlin, GR
  • 2024
  • Reford Gardens, CA
  • 2022
  • Impressions Residency, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA
  • Ada-X & Algora Lab, CA
  • 2021
  • Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment, CA
  • 2020
  • VU centre de diffusion et production de la photographie, CA   
  • Vermont Studio Center, US
  • Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, CA
  • 2018
  • Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin, GR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2026

  • (Forthcoming) Musée d’art de Joliette, Joliette, CA

  • (Forthcoming) Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal

  • 2024
  • To Look Down From the Sky, Nicholas Robert Gallery, Montréal
  • Focus, The Armory Show,  Javits Center, New York – Curated by Robyn Farrell
  • 2023
  • May You Break Free & Outlive Your Enemy, Sobey Art Award 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, Montréal
  • 2022
  • Planting Displacement, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph – Curated by Amin Alsaden
  • Troubled Garden: Study for Migratory Roots, Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment, CA
  • Mille soleils se cachent derrière les murs, Plein sud, Montréal – Curated by Ariane de Blois
  • 2018
  • A Space In-between, Kunsthaus Somos, Berlin

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2026
  • (Forthcoming) In Bloom, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford – Curated by Francesca Leoni
  • The Art Gallery Problem, Dazibao, Montréal – Curated by Fraser McCallum
  • 2025
  • Of Wounds and Songs, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, CA – Curated by Ehsan Mo
  • Time Isn’t Real, Art Gallery of Burlington, CA – Curated by Suzanne Carte  
  • 2024
  • femmes volcans forêts torrents, Montreal Contemporary Art Museum – Curated by Marie-Eve Beaupré 
  • Focus Exhibition, Art Toronto – Curated by Rhéanne Chartrand  
  • To Explain Blue to a Blinded Eye, Reford Gardens, Grand-Métis, CA – Curated by Louise Déry, Marie-Hélène Leblanc  
  • To Explain Blue to a Blinded Eye, La Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal – Curated by Louise Déry, Marie-Hélène Leblanc
  • 2023
  • Being and Belonging, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto – Curated by Fahmida Suleiman
  • Garden of Broken Shadows, Critical Distance, Toronto
  • Writing Mountains – Entre les lignes, Stewart Hall Gallery, Montréal – Curated by Manel Benchabane
  • 2022

  • MAADI Collection, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal – Curated by Stanely Fevrier and Laura Delfino

  • 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, Montréal – Curated by Stanely Fevrier and Nuria Carton de Grammont
  • 2020

  • Landed, Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, CA – Curated by Xanthe Isbister

  • 2015
  • Magic of Persia Finalist Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  • Magic of Persia Shortlist Exhibition, Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai

SCREENINGS

  • 2025
  • Hiding in Plain Sight, Alserkal Foundation, Dubai, UAE – Curated by Mari Spirito
  • 2024
  • The Future Can be only for Ghosts, Woodland Pattern Center, Milwaukee, US
  • The Future Can be only for Ghosts, Regarde, La Ville de Montréal – Curated by Eunice Bélidor
  • 2022
  • Flesh Memory, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Curated by Stanely Fevrier
  • Hiding in Plain Sight, Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment, CA
  • 2015
  • Performing the Political, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto – Curated by SAVAC
  • Monitor 10: South Asian Experimental Film & Video, Articule, Montréal – Curated by Shai Heredia
  • POV Realities Revisited, Croxhapox, Gent – Curated by Nima Bahrehmand

AWARDS / GRANTS

  • 2023
  • Winner of Contemporary Art Award, The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, CA
  • Shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award, CA
  • 2022
  • Winner of Impressions Residency and Creation Award, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA
  • 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
  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Research and Creation grant, CA
  • Recipient of Liz Crockford Artist Fund Award, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, CA
  • Vermont Studio Center Merit Grant: Research and residency grant, US
  • 2019
  • Canada Council for the Arts: Digital Originals, CA
  • MAI Alliance Program: Project grant, CA
  • 2018
  • Canada Council for the Arts: Project grant, CA
  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: Travel grant, CA
  • 2015
  • Finalist in Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize, UK
  • Graduate Mobility Award, Concordia University: Travel grant, CA

INTERVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS

  • 2026
  • (Forthcoming) Photography book, Plein sud édition, October 2026
  • 2025
  • Monograph, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, November 2024
  • Review by Étic Clement, Dans l’atelier d’Anahita Norouzi, LaPresse, April 2024
  • 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014