CV
EDUCATION
MFA, Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media, and Design, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2024
BFA (With Distinction), Drawing and Painting/ Integrated Media, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2022
Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering/ Telecommunication-System, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran,2008
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering/ Telecommunication, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2002
RESEARCH
AGO X RBC Emerging Artists Exchange Program, Selected as one of the three artist-researchers for 2024, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2024.
CONFERENCE
Eleventh Annual Wollesen Memorial Graduate Symposium, Descent/Dissent, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2024
SOLO EXHIBITION
The Embodiment of the Intertwined, Graduate Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2024
Melancholy, Gallery 1313,Toronto, Canada, 2022
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Fourth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario,Canada, 2024
Between Ashes and Dreams, Great Hall, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2024
ARTEXPO Paris 2024, Artboxy, Paris, France, 2024
Liberation Narratives, Royal Rose Gallery, Aurora, Ontario, Canada, 2024
In My Body Through My Eyes, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2024
CRIP Lab -The Launch Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2024
Art Intelligence: The Near Future of Art in Canada,DesignTo Festival, PartialGallery, Toronto, Canada, 2024
“You Are Here”, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2024
The Aliens aren’t Coming, GraduateGallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Queer Pride & Prejudice: Transcultural Queer& Asian Futurities, OCAD U, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Too Big to Fail, Open Space Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Index, Interaction-Shaped Exhibition, Central Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2023
What The Thunder Says, Poetry Month Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2023
The Incomplete, Speculative Fragments, First Year Graduate Showcase, OCAD U, Toronto, Canada, 2022
Muddles, puddles, and the Anthropocene, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2022
Richmond Hill Art Walk, Richmond Hill Center for Performing Art, Richmond Hill, Canada, 2022
Untitled Reality (A Journey with Abstract Art), Beaux Art Gallery, Brampton, Canada, 2022
ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival), Seoul, Korea, 2022
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Online, Toronto,2022
Chancellor’s Exhibition, Creative Resilience Resilient Creativity, Chancellor Jaime Watt’s Gallery, First Canadian Place, Toronto, 2022
Archives of Merit, OSA to OCAD Exhibition, OCAD University, and online on kunstmatrix, Toronto,2022
GradEx107, OCAD U's107th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto, 2022
OCAD U Art Auction (A Drawing and Painting Catalogue Fundraiser), Toronto, 2022
Anima Mundi, ITSLIQUID International Art Fair, Venice, Italy, 2022
Off the Wall Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, 2021
New Depths 2021, Scarborough Arts' 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, 2021
City of Art Exhibition 3, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada, 2021
Ongoing online exhibition, Partial Gallery, OCAD University Artist Showcase, Toronto, Canada,2021
Online exhibition on artasiam platform as a Canadian-Asian artist, Montreal, Canada, 2021
Safe and Respectful Maternal and Newborn Care online exhibition, HeART of Healthcare Gallery, kunstmatrix, Toronto, Canada, 2021
Summertime Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada, 2021
New Era Online Exhibition, Eran Art Gallery, artnet & kunstmatrix, 2021
Meta-Figure, the Body in Paint, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2020
Richmond Hill Group of Artists Exhibition, Mill Pond Gallery, Richmond Hill, Canada, 2020
Narrative through Digital Space, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2020
First Year Students Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2019
Willowdale Group of Artists Exhibition, North York Civic Centre, Toronto, Canada, 2018
Youth Art Exhibition, Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran, 2016
AWARDS
The Second Prize, 4th Annual Juried Show of Visual Art, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2024
OCAD U Graduate Project Research and Travel Grant, 2023-2024
Graduate Studies First Year Award, OCAD University, 2023
OGS, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2023-2024
OGS, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2022-2023
Patricia Joy Alpert Memorial Award, Fourth Year Awards, OCAD University, 2022
Accepted for the Archives of Ontario Exhibition call, 2021
Scarborough Arts' 36thAnnual Juried Exhibition Staff Pick Winner for Visual Art, 2021
Recipients of RBC Centre for EmergingArtists & Designers Career Launcher’s program for Partial Gallery’s OCAD University Artist Showcase, 2021
OCAD U President’s Award for Best Cinematography, and nominated for 4 other categories (best film project, best screenplay, best sound editing, best fiction in film) for Abaca-Kenaf short film, 2021
“Shahrzad” Series Competition Winner (Selected by the Director), Tehran, Iran, 2016
ART FAIRS
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Online, 2022
FILM FESTIVALS
Farhang Short Film Festival, Screening Kenaf short film, 2021
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Collaborative Online International Learning Residency(COIL), OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2020
ARTIST TALK
Exploring Contemporary Iranian Art Practices, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science,Toronto, Canada, 2024
Mahv-Shodegi (Evanescence) Book Launch, Pars Place(IACC), Washington DC, United States, 2023
Evanescence, Too Big to Fail Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2023
INTERVIEW
ITSLIQUID Group, Venice, Italy, 2022
PUBLICATIONS
The Embodiment of the Intertwined, Paper, University of Toronto Graduate Art Journal, Toronto, Canada, 2025
Mahv-Shodegi(Evanescence), Farsi Novel, Raha Fard, Mehri Publication, UK, 2023
“Persian literature in exile, a look at ten prominent works that were published outside of Iran in 2023(1402)”, Bita Malakuti, BBC News (Farsi), 2024.
Solitude 3 (Painting), Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Germany, 2022
Solitude1-3-4 (Painting), Big Art Book, Scarborough Arts'36th Annual Juried Exhibition, Canada, 2021
Solitude2-3 (Painting), Burning Magazine, Canada, 2021
OTHER COURSES
Expert Drawing Course, Continuing Studies, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Portrait Painting Course, Continuing Studies, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Abstract Painting Course, Continuing Studies, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Film Making Workshop with “Asghar Farhadi” (The OSCAR Winner Director), Tehran, Iran, 2017
JOBS
Teaching Assistant(Tutorial Leader), Faculty of Art, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, Fall 2023 and 2024
Piano Teacher, Aurora Music Academy, Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Spring & Summer 2023
Piano Teacher, Self-Employed, Richmond Hill, Canada, June 2017- August 2022
Telecommunication Engineer, ISC, Tehran, Iran, April 2003- May 2017