PHOTO CREDIT: JONATHON GRIGGSWho am I?
Queer Multidisciplinary Artist | Spacemaker | Installation | Performance
I am a queer multidisciplinary artist from Iran, living and working on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation (Narrm/Melbourne). My practice centers around storytelling through interactive installations, space-making, objects, and movement. It is fluid and evolving, unconstrained by medium. I work with wood, fabric, recycled materials, found objects, and anything else that helps me translate emotion into form.
A background in architecture informs my work, and it explores themes of transformation, memory, displacement, and resilience, drawing from both personal and collective narratives. I am deeply inspired by my Iranian heritage, my experience of migration, and my background in architecture. Performance, materiality, and space converge in my practice to create immersive experiences that invite reflection and connection.
Whether through ephemeral installations like Komorebi, embodied works such as Naavai Vasht, or sculptural storytelling in Echoes of Courage, I aim to build spaces where emotion, politics, and imagination intertwine.
I’m open to collaborations, commissioned works, and installation design.
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BIOGRAPHY & EDUCATION
1993 Born in Tabriz, Iran.
2012 Bachelor of Architecture, Tabriz University.
2018 Master of Architecture, RMIT University, Melbourne.
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Light of Midnight, Group exhibition, Melbourne.X2024 Komorebi, Group exhibition, MAGMA Galleries, Melbourne.
2024 Small Works Art Prize, Group exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
2023 Finalist, Eighth Annual Emerging Artist Award, FortyFiveDownstairs, Melbourne.
2023 Nomadic Whispers, Group exhibition, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne.
PERFORMANCES & PUBLIC ART WORKS
2025 The Venus Accord, Ladies Lounge en Plein Air, HOTA Museum, Gold Coast, with Kirsha Kaechele.
2025 Ladies Lounge: STYX Forest Edition, Performance, Hobart.
2025 Naavai Vasht dance performance, Fairfield Amphitheatre, Melbourne.
2024 Ladies Lounge Court Case, Performance, with Kirsha Kaechele, Hobart.
2024 Gosan Vasht dance performance, MAGMA Galleries, Melbourne.
2024 Gosan Vasht dance performance with Kids, Doncaster Playhouse, Melbourne.
2023 Fortitude, from 'Untold' Collection, Installation, Peel St Park, Collingwood.
2023 UP, from 'Untold' Collection, Installation, MPavilion, Melbourne.
2023 You Are That God, from 'Nadavari' Collection, Installation & Performance, Hosier Lane, Melbourne.
2023 Iran Has Always Been a Girl, from 'Nadavari' Collection, Installation & Performance Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne.
2023 Dance, Installation, The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne.
2023 Inhuman Mistake, Performance, Federation Square, Melbourne.
All 2023 Public Art Works presented in collaboration with Feminista Melbourne activist group and Tehran Art Circle.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2023 Finalist, Eighth Annual Emerging Artist Award, FortyFiveDownstairs, Melbourne.
2019 Second Place, Harpley Ecosystem Competition, RMIT University.
2017 First Prize, Young Talent, Sanix Design Competition, Tehran, Iran.
2017 Second Place in best design, Invite Exhibition, Contemporary Architects Association, Tehran, Iran.
2016 Second Place, Archi Systems Workshop, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
2015 First Prize, Tabriz Photo Walk Photography Competition, Tabriz, Iran.
Contact me
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