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Artist Statement
As an artist I have a hard time defining my art which comes from refusing to define myself. I spend a great time thinking and obsessing about relationships and how they touch my/our physical realities. I investigate my self-made illusions and emotions and find tangible ways to get to know them and to relate to them. I welcome memories and feelings related to guilt, regret, love, and despair as personal and universal emotions. I enjoy those (fake) hopeless moments of devastation in my process and that’s when I become eager in finding solutions and resolving problems. I make art to take control, to find refuge, and to seek comfort. I have been seduced by many different mediums and interdisciplinary approaches in making art. I merge performance, video, sound, and installation to create multi-sensory experiences. Sometimes my body, my voice, and my strengths become my medium. From capturing a sigh, telling a secret, stealing someone else’s memory and making it my own, writing unreadable letters, to entering an empty pool and filling it with words and poems to recuperate the pain of separation, I choose the medium that could best capture the essence of my intentions. |
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Education
Florida Gulf Coast University, Bachelor of Fine Arts Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Bachelor of Law |
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Selected Exhibitions and collaborations
2017 20/20: An Alumni Exhibition Celebrating FGCU’s 20th Anniversary, Wasmer Art Gallery, Fort Myers, FL. Peace on Paper Contemporary Art Biennale in Iran Curated by: Majid Abbasi Farahani. Contemporary Arts Museum Isfahan, Iran. Amalgamation: a student exhibition Guest artist at Florida Southwestern State College. Ft Myers, FL. 2016 The Chicken Play Ghostbird Theater Company Peace on Paper Contemporary Art Biennale in Iran. Co-Curated by: Majid Abbasi Farahani , Shadi Noyani. Abadan Contemporary Art Museum. Abadan, Iran. Peace on Paper Iran's 2nd Contemporary Art Biennale in Tehran. Curated by: Majid Abbasi Farahani . Niyavaran Cultural Center. Tehran, Iran. Symbiotic: Malerba/ Mesdaghi In collaboration with Artis Mariapia Malerba 126 Seconds Short Film, in collaboration with Artist Mariapia Malerba. TGIM: The Fort Myers Film Festival. Ask Me Anything Performance. In collaboration with Dr. Billy Huff, and Artist Rachel Bass. Sidney and Bern Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, FL. Notes: Monetary, Handwritten, Musical Annual Juried Exhibition at Sidney and Bern Davis Art Center. Quest For Permanence Group Exhibition Co-Curated by Barry Cavin, John Loscuito, and Michael Salmond. Florida Gulf Coast University Main Gallery. Ft Myers, FL. Privilege of Removal: A Senior Project Florida Gulf Coast University Senior Project. Co- Curated by John Loscuito and Michael Salmond. Art in Flight: 10 Year Anniversary Group Exhibition. Fort Myers International Airport. 2015 Broadsides: Poetry Off The Shelves 2015 Selected artists and Poets. Alliance for the Arts. Fort Myers, FL. 17th Annual Juried Student Exhibition jurors: Veron Ennis, Barbara Hill and Dana Roes. Florida Gulf Coast University Main Gallery, Ft Myers, FL. Printmaking National Juried Exhibition at Alliance for The Arts. Fort Myers, FL. 2014 I Am Sorry For What I Said Performance, Sidney and Bern Davis Art Center. Ft Myers, FL. 16th Annual Juried Exhibition at Florida Gulf Coast University Main Gallery. Fort Myers, FL. Ferðalag (a Trip, Journey or Voyage) Lacoste, Charles, Mesdaghi. Bob Rauschenberg Gallery. Fort Myers, FL. 28th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Alliance forThe Arts, Fort Myers, FL. 2013 Unspoken Words Performance, Sidney and Bern Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL. Price and Promise of Progress Florida Southwestern State College. Ft Myers, FL. Rejectamenta Group Exhibition, Alliance for The Arts, Fort Myers, FL. Injustice Group Exhibition, FSW, Fort Myers, Florida. 27th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Alliance for The Arts, Fort Myers, FL. 2012 It’s Raining Art Annual Juried Exhibition at Sidney and Bern Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL. State of Mind Politics: 2012 , Alliance for The Arts, Fort Myers, FL. Social Injustice, Florida Southwestern State College. Fort Myers, FL. |
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Awards and Grants
2016 SunPeaks Center For The Arts and Sustainability Artist Residency Grant, Colorado Springs, CO. 2016 Overall Best Of Show Annual Juried Exhibition at Sidney and Bern Davis Art Center “Notes: Monetary, Handwritten, Musical" 2016 Senior Project Art History Research Award at Florida Gulf Coast University 2016 Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild Awards of Excellence 2015 Florida Gulf Coast University “17th Annual Juried Student Exhibition” College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Awaed. 2015 24 Hours Festival, Florida Gulf Coast University, Visual Arts Exhibition Award 2015 Marvin and Helene Gralnick Scholarship 2014 24 Hours Festival Florida Gulf Coast University, Visual Arts Scholarship Award 2014 Greater Fort Myers Women in Business Scholarship 2014 FSW Honors Research Scholarship in conjunction with Yoko Ono’s “Imagine Peace” exhibition at the BoB Rauschenberg Gallery 2014 Bob Rauschenberg Gallery Scholarship 2013 FSW Fine Art Scholarship 2013 Florida Southwestern State College of Humanities Award for Excellence in Fine Arts 2013 Florida Southwestern State College Juried Student Art Exhibition Honorable Mention 2012 24 Hours Festival Florida Southwestern State College, Best of Show in Visual Arts Award |
