My father recorded many videos of our family and turned them into low-key home movies.I was always involved in the process, which led me to become a photographer.I watched the videos over and over, selecting and editing until I started to“remember”through his lenses. I remember seeing a spider on a seesaw.I got scared and fell. Now, I remember the spider but not the pain or the scars on my body. My memory shifts between his p.o.v and mine. I recall his camera’s angle,but not mine. I don’t know how much of my memory is truly mine. This tension between memory and authorship shapes my practice.I graduated from HKU with a Master of Fine Art focusing on photography, moving images and using personal narratives to explore larger socio-political questions. Through moving images and interdisciplinary mediums, I create spaces where personal and collective memory intertwine and invite audiences to engage both critically and emotionally.
- Education:
2021-2023 HKU, Master of Fine Art, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2016-2020 Tehran University of Art, Bachelor in Photography, Tehran, Iran.
- Exhibition:
2024 Hidden Arts: What do we make when no one sees us, Group Exhibition, Casco Art Gallery, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2024 Tasvir Project, Group Exhibition, Northlight Gallery, Arizona, United State.
2023 Refraction, Bak Gallery, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2022 Group exhibition of selected work of Fine Art Student, Casco Gallery, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2019 The third experience, Group exhibition of the selected works for the annual photo exhibition, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2018 The third annual photo exhibition of the Tehran University,Tehran, Iran.
2016 The gaze, Group exhibition, Tehran independent Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
- Nomination:
2023 Nominees for The best graduation project of HKU Master of Fine Art.
2023 Short-listed in five top projects at Motel Mozaique Festival.
- Fund & Scholarship:
2025-2026 Fentener Van Vlissingen Fund
2024 Amarte Fund for Development of the project
2023 Schuurman Schimmel Van Outeren Stichting
2022 HKU Student Talent Grant
2021 Holland scholarship
- Activities:
2024 Selected for the Embassy Talent program at FOTODOK, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2023 Ultra Dependence Public school, Jina collective, Bak basis voor actuele Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2023 True Counter Power workshop, Jina collective, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2018-2020 Managing director of the student magazine, Cheshmak,Tehran, Iran.
2018-2019 Assistant manager of the KHAK gallery, Tehran,Iran.
2018 Executive secretary of the Third Annual Photo Exhibition of Tehran University of Art.