Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATIONS

 

2022, Sep 2025, Apr   2014, Sep 2016, Jun	Master of Fine Arts (MFA), The Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, Visual Arts (MAP), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.   Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Teacher, Researcher, Department of Fine Arts, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2009, Jan 2013, Jul	Bachelor of Art in Painting, Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2003, Sep 2005, Jul	Associate Degree in Manufacturing, Department of mechanical engineering, Faculty of Machine Tools, Dr. Shariaty Vocational school, Neyshaboor, Iran.

LANGUAGES

 

English:	Fluent.
Russian:	Fluent.
Persian/Farsi:	Native.

 

 

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS

 

2023, Jun	Second prize, international drawing competition, Liberty Organization (IAL) and FILR, Netherland.
2023, Jun	Research Award, University of Regina, Canada.
2022, Nov	Saskatchewan Innovation and Excellence Graduate Scholarship, Canada.
2022, Sep	UR Graduate Scholarship, University of Regina, Canada.
2022, Sep	Mr. Roland O. Dunlop and Mrs. Annie Dunlop Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Visual Arts, University of Regina, Canada.
2013, Mar	First prize in painting competition Loft Island, Qeshm Island, Iran.
2012, Dec	Second prize*, Drawing competition workshop Ashura, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
2012, Nov	Selected Prize, Mural design and implementation of the First National Festival Fresco, Mashhad, Iran.
2012, Sep	Appreciation of the Environmental Art Festival Pilgrimage and Devotion, Tehran, Iran.
2012, Aug	Selected Jury Award, Paintings Workshop, Twentieth International Book Exhibition, Tehran, Iran.
2012, Jul	Third prize*, Drawing workshop Resistance, Palestinian Museum, Tehran, Iran.
2011, Dec	Third prize, Drawing, First Visual Arts Festival Shamseh, Tehran, Iran.
2011, Aug	First place in the National Festival of Gray Drawing, Mashhad, Iran.
2011, Mar	Third prize (team project), Drawing competition workshop, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
2011, Feb	First prize* in painting competition Resistance, Palestine Museum, Tehran, Iran.

* Iranian national artistic competitions are mostly curated and run by the government in either religious or political contexts. Participating in these artistic events does not necessarily mean the approval and alignment of the artist with those government positions.

 

 

LIST OF SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

   Selected group exhibitions

 

2023, Jul	Group show Fresh Paint / New Construction 2023, Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal,           Québec, Canada.
2022, Sep	Reunion group exhibition, Gallery KAYAFAS, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2020, Jan	Art group exhibition, National House of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2018, Sep	Drawing group exhibition, AS Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2016, Nov   2016, Jun	Painting group exhibition, House of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine.   Painting group exhibition, KSADA Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2015, Apr	Painting group exhibition, Artlab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
2014, Nov	Painting group exhibition, Artlab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
2013, Nov	Paintings of the new generation selected, Niavaran Place Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2012, Aug	Drawing group exhibition, Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2012, May	Attendance at Art Expo Saba Museum, Tehran, Iran.
2012, Feb	Painting group exhibition, Hall Art, House of Artists, Tehran, Iran.
2011, Aug	Drawing group exhibition, Sky Gallery, Mashhad, Iran.
2011, Jul	Presence of exhibition Space and Design, Saba Museum, Tehran, Iran.
2010, May	Group exhibition of paintings at Tehran University, Tehran Gallery, Iran.

 

 

      Solo exhibitions

 

2025, May

MFA Graduate solo show, Self as archive: Fragments in a Persian mirror, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada.

 

2019, Nov	Painting and Drawing exhibition, Human and Identity, Homeloft Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2017, Sep	Mix media and Drawing exhibition, Permutation, Come in Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

 

 

 

CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCES

 

    Teaching and Academic Projects

 

Winter 2025	Instructor of “Introduction to Painting” course (University Teaching Fellowship), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Winter 2024     Summer 2023	Instructor of “Two-Dimensional Form” course (University Teaching Fellowship), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.   Sessional Lecturer and instructor of “Introduction to Painting” course, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Spring 2023	Instructor of “Drawing the Human Form” course, University Teaching Fellowship, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2019	Teacher of painting techniques, Mystery Art Studio, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2018	Part-time tutor (work with kids and teenagers), Aza Nizi Maza Studio, Ukraine.
2014	Guest lecturer, Fredowsi University of Art, Neyshaboor, Iran, July.
2012 | 2013	Sessional assistant (Short term), Arioush Private Art School, Tehran, Iran.

 

     Curatorial projects

 

2024, Sep                Curator of “Echoes of Self: Visual Narratives in Self-Portraits” Group show,                                                                            Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, Canada, 2024.

2022, Oct	Sustainability/ Action Plan mural grant project, Regina, Canada.
2019, Aug	Mix media techniques Workshop, Aza Nizi Maza Studio, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2019, Feb	Anatomical Drawing Workshop, Neyshaboor University of Art, Iran.
2015, Jul	Figure Drawing Workshop, Fredowsi University of Art, Neyshaboor, Iran.

 

 

     Graphic Design freelance projects

 

2015 | 2022	Social media content designer and developer. Web banner and slider design. Urban advertising and outdoor banners design. Limited design and implementation of packaging. Preparing and producing print design materials.
2019	Illustration and vector content production.
2014	Participation in advertising, modeling, and urban photography projects.

 

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES  

 

2019, Sep	Studio Budinok Khodozhnika, Carpathians, Ukraine.
2017, Jul	Space Studio residency, Odessa, Ukraine.