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EDUCATION
MFA, Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, Fall 2022-Present
BFA (With Distinction), Drawing and Painting, Bachelor’s Degree, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2018- 2022
Telecommunication Engineering, Master’s Degree, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran,2008
Telecommunication Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, KNTU University, Tehran, Iran, 2002
SOLO EXHIBITION
Melancholy, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada, 2022
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
CRIP Lab , The Launch Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, March 2024
Art Intelligence: The Near Future of Art in Canada, DesignTo Festival Partial Gallery, Toronto, Canada, January 2024
Ignite Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, January 2024
The Aliens aren’t Coming, Graduate Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Queer Pride & Prejudice: Transcultural Queer& Asian Futurities, Online, OCAD University, 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 University, 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's 107th 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 on Partial Gallery’s website in OCAD University Artist Showcase, Toronto, Canada , 2021
Ongoing exhibition on artasiam platformas a Canadian-Asian artist, Montreal, Canada, 2021
Safe and Respectful Maternal and Newborn Care online exhibition, HeART of Healthcare Gallery, kunstmatrix, Toronto, Canada, 2021
Summer Time 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
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' 36th Annual Juried Exhibition Staff Pick Winner for Visual Art, 2021
Recipients of RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & 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 OnlineArt Fair, Toronto OutdoorArt Fair, 2022
FILM FESTIVALS
Farhang Short Film Festival, Kenaf shortfilm, 2021
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Collaborative Online International Learning Residency (COIL), OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2020
ARTIST TALK
Evanescence, Too Big to Fail Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2023
INTERVIEW
ITSLIQUID Group, Venice,Italy, 2022
PUBLICATIONS
Mahv-Shodegi (Evanescence), Farsi Novel,Raha Fard, Mehri Publication, UK, 2023
Beyond Words LiteraryMagazine, Germany, 2022
Big Art Book, Scarborough Arts' 36th Annual Juried Exhibition,Canada, 2021
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
TeachingAssistant (Tutorial Leader), Faculty ofArt, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, Fall 2023
Piano Teacher, Aurora MusicAcademy, Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Spring & Summer 2023
Teaching Assistant (Tutorial Leader), Faculty of Art, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, Fall 2022
Piano Teacher, Self-Employed, Richmond Hill, Canada, June 2017- Present
Telecommunication Engineer, ISC, Tehran, Iran, April 2003- May 2017