I am a visual artist born in 1994 in Iran who living and studying in the Netherlands.
I received my first M.A. in photography from the Art University of Tehran in 2018 and
then I start to study my second master's in visual arts and post-contemporary practice in
Akv st Joost in the Netherlands. Through my work, I explore the connection between
socio-political rules and female identity and body in Iranian society. As a
multidisciplinary artist, I used my lived experiences alongside Persian metaphors and
folklores to translate this issue into a visual form by combining different mediums such
as performance art, video, photography, and installation.
Memorabilia - In September 2019 I left my country to immigrate to a
completely new place which was called Netherlands. I
brought all of my memories and nostalgia from my past and
family in my heart with me. I needed a surface as a metaphor
of memory for myself to recall that memories. So I made this
installation by allwithhe photographs and objects I brought
from my background, at the end it looks like a shrine for
past memories.
Magical Field - Magical field is a video performance work that I made to show
how I start to integrate my body with the new
environment (Netherlands) after my migration and how I try
to connect my inside identity and outside identity together in
a public field. For me, this performance is like coming out of
the safe zone and doing a spiritual and transformative
activity. By this, I reach out to a self-exploration through the
connection of my body and the field.
20 YEARS BEFORE THIS DATE, I WAS A DEAD FISH - In the kindergarten they gave me a role as a dead fish in
which I had to lie down on the stage for the whole time.
Which I didn’t like it! Now, 20 years after that, I decided to
change the story and transform to my desirable role as a cat.
My plan is to substitute this memory with a new one.
Cultural Identity - How do personal objects and heirlooms form links between
cultural identity and physical existence?
ANDARUNI - Andaruni is a video/performance in which I explore the concept
of female identity and its borders (inside & outside) in my
background country, Iran. Because of the unevenness (especially in
terms of gender rights), society has so many layers and
complexities such as having dual characteristics in public and in
private. The government is very strict about certain issues
specifically the ones related to public spaces. Women are not
allowed to reveal their hair in public but they can do as they want
in their houses which makes their body political and has effects on
their identities. My work is a reaction and reflection to the
positon ofpositionin Iran and by doing a performance I went
through a spiritual journey based on Persian metaphors and
symbols towards thiregarding.
ANATOMY OF MEMORIES - In this work, I combined specific body photos from different
people and make a new body which is a mixture of various
identities, genders, and nationalities. I collaged pieces of bodies
that has certain signs such as a birthmark, scars, etc. on them. I
decided to take a self-portrait and use my own body as a canvas to
represent my idea and also as a base to bring other bodies and
stories to make a new body, a body full of memories which has no
gender, identity, age or nationality.
In this work, I combined specific body photos from different
people and make a new body which is a mixture of various
identities, genders, and nationalities. I collaged pieces of bodies
that has certain signs such as a birthmark, scars, etc. on them. I
decided to take a self-portrait and use my own body as a canvas to
represent my idea and also as a base to bring other bodies and
stories to make a new body, a body full of memories which has no
gender, identity, age or nationality.
