About
I am an Iranian multi-disciplinary artist based in New Orleans. I received my MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and my BA in painting from the Azad University of Art and Architecture in Tehran. Through a range of media such as painting, video, installation, and performance—I explore migration and the human experience of living in between cultures. My work uses the aesthetics of language, clothing, and bodies to study the complexities of cross-cultural experiences from a unique perspective.
Education
2011-2014 M.F.A in Studio Art at the University of Texas, Austin
2004-2009 B.A in painting at AZAD University, Iran, Tehran
Exhibitions & Creation
2020 Gallery Shows
2019 Solo Show
Co-Lab Project Gallery "A Land with No Name" — Austin, TX
2019 Dual exhibition
Elga Wimmer Gallery "Pink Dreams in A Land with No Name" — New York, NY
2019 Gallery Shows
Barrister's Gallery "And Another Thing... : Collage and Assemblage Work" — New Orleans, LA
2019 Solo Show
The Aquarium Gallery "In Memory of Aziz" — New Orleans, LA
2019 Gallery Shows
Austin Public Library "Mirror Mirrored: Contemporary Art and Fairy Tales" — Austin, TX
2018 Conference
2018 Museum Show
New Orleans Museum of Art “Ear to the Ground” — New Orleans, LA
2018 Gallery Shows
New Orleans Academy of Fine arts — New Orleans, LA
2018 Public Art Project
3D installation “The Dwelling” — Colorado Spring, CO
2018 Artist Talk
Part of ArtEgg Lecture Series “My Body Is My Home” — New Orleans, LA
2018 Conference
10th Annual Peace Conference “Feminity and Creativity” at Loyola University— New Orleans, LA
2018 Solo Show
ArtEgg Studios “My Body Is My Home” — New Orleans, LA
2018 Gallery Shows
The New Orleans Arts Center “B4 Peace” — New Orleans, LA
2017 Gallery Shows
SLSA 31st Annual Conference “Space, Time, and Body in Modern and Contemporary Art” — phoenix, AZ
2017 Video Art
Video installation “My Body is My Home” at Brooklyn Studio for Dance — Brooklyn, NY
2017 Gallery Shows
2017 Gallery Shows
Viridian Artists gallery “Selfies & Self-Portraits: 21st C Artists See Themselves” — New York, NY
2017 Gallery Shows
Contemporary Art Center(CAC) — New Orleans, LA
2017 Gallery Shows
Lawndale Art Center “The Big Show” — Houston, TX
2017 Gallery Shows
Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery — Hammond, LA
2017 Public Art Project
3D installation "Dwelling" at Elizabeth Ney Museum — Austin, TX
2017 Gallery Shows
Part of Austin West Studio Tour — Austin, TX
2017 Gallery Shows
HOUSE of Wahala: art auction part of Fusebox festival at Women & their works gallery — Austin, TX
2017 Gallery Shows
Part of Newcomb museum curatorial group “Beyond the Canvas” — New Orleans, LA
2017 Gallery Shows
Tipton Gallery “32nd Positive/Negative” — Johnson City, TN
2017 Gallery Shows
Foundry Art Center “Luck of the Draw” — St. Charles, MO
2016
Gallery Shows
TVAA National exhibition — Mesquite, TX
2016 Gallery Shows
Open studio as part of Austin West Studio Tour — Austin, TX
2016
Solo Show
Courtyard gallery "An-Other Birth" — Austin, TX
2016
Gallery Shows
People’s Gallery at Austin City Hall — Austin, TX
2016 Gallery Shows
Triple show at Asian American Resource Center (AARC) — Austin, TX
2015 Gallery Shows
SECAC Members Exhibition — Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Video Art
"The Side Walk” at Asian American Resource Center — Austin, TX
2015 Solo Show
Mom Gallery “Let us believe in the beginning of the cold season” — Austin, TX
2015 Video Art
“30 Seconds” at MOM gallery- Austin, TX
2014 Gallery Shows
Graduate thesis show “Pool”, at the Visual Arts Center — Austin, TX
2014 Performance Art
Stage performance “Being/With Others” at the Theater Lab — Austin, TX
2014 Solo Show
Co-Lab Project Gallery “Something Left Behind” — Austin, TX
2013 Gallery Shows
“Something Lost” exhibition at the Nelsen Partners gallery — Austin, TX
2013 Gallery Shows
“Inter Connections” exhibition at the WoCa Project gallery — Fort Worth, TX
2013 Gallery Shows
Open studio exhibition “SOMETHING” — Austin, TX
2013 Performance Art
Collaboration in the public performance”Beauty” by Wura-Natasha Ogunji — Austin, TX
2013 Video Art
“The Prayer” at Co-Lab Project gallery — Austin, TX
2013 Performance Art
Street performance “Behind the Black Veil” — Austin, TX
2013 Video Art
Video installation “The Sidewalk” at Co-Lab Project gallery — Austin, TX
2012 Gallery Shows
Open studio exhibition “Absence” — Austin, TX
2012 Performance Art
Public-Participatory performance “The Void” — Austin, TX
2012 Video Art
“Counting the Moments” screened at The Shed — Austin, TX
2012 Video Art
Video installation “Obscene Bodies” at Visual Arts Center — Austin, TX
2010 Gallery Shows
“The Same Pain” exhibition in Azadi Tower gallery — Tehran, Iran
2009 Solo Show