Bio

Raha Fard is an Iranian Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, holding an MFA and BFA from OCAD University. Also, she has a Master’s Degree in telecommunication Engineering and 14 years of experience in that area before coming to OCAD U. In her work, she explores the intersection of body, psychoanalysis, politics, and art a member of the Iranian diaspora and a cancer survivor.

In 2024, she was selected as one of the three artist-researchers for AGO X RBC Emerging Artist Exchange Program. She has exhibited her works in Iran, Canada, Italy, and Korea. OCAD U President’s Award, Patricia Joy Alpert Memorial Award, Full Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Graduate Studies Research and Travel Grant, First Year Graduate Award, Art Gallery of Mississauga 4th Annual Juried Show Second Prize, and Scarborough Arts' 36th Annual Juried Exhibition Staff Pick Award for Visual Art are some awards she has won. Also, she has published a novel in Farsi “محوشدگی”, which was included in the list of ten prominent Farsi books published outside Iran in 2023 by BBC Farsi. (www.bbc.com/persian/articles/cjkdl6yxg45o)