Education
2023 - Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2013 - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran
2006 - Diploma in Graphic Design, Modarres School of Art, Tehran, Iran
certificates
2024 - Rozsa Admin Fundamentals Training (RAFT)
Awards and grants
2025 - Artshare Grant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary
2025 - Artist Development Microgrant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary
2024 - Bronze Winner, Fine Art/Experimental Category, Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards
2023 - InFocus Photo Emerging Photographer Award Winner, Edmonton
2022 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarships
2022 - Artist of the Month, The Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation (ICAI)
2022 - Interview with CKUA: Alberta’s Radio Network
Other Engagements
2024 - Board of Directors, IAACC (International Avenue Arts & Culture Community), Calgary
2024 - Assessment Committee, Artist Development Microgrant, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 - Exposure 2025 Emerging Photographers Showcase, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary
2025 - Women in Photography, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2024 - Public Art Project, Northeast Mini Galleries, City of Calgary, Calgary
2024 - “I Speak Art III,” +15 Galleries, Arts Commons, Calgary
2024 - The Artist’s Lens 2024: Body, The Alberta Society of Artists Gallery, Calgary
2023 - “Home and Migration,” The Alberta Society of Artists Gallery, Calgary
2023 - “Home and Migration”, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
2023 - Emerging Photographers Showcase, Exposure Photography Festival, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary
2023 - The Artist’s Lens 2023: Manifesting the Hidden, The Alberta Society of Artists Gallery, Calgary
2023 - Infocus photo Exhibition: Bringing joy, Wild Skies Art Gallery, The Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel, Edmonton
2022 - “Migration,” Online, Analog Forever Magazine
2018 - 15th Image of the Year Exhibition, Iranian Artist’s House, Tehran, Iran
2017 - Tehran Identity, Hooner House, Tehran, Iran
2016 - The 2nd International Photography Festival of Tehran Milad Tower, Milad Tower Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2026 - Monologue, Shenakht Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - A Homesick World, Nickle Gallery, Calgary
2022 - Somewhere In Between, Little Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary
2022 - Home–coming, Little Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary
2022 - Homesick World, The Calgary Central Library in Collaboration with ICAI, Calgary
2022 -Neither here nor there, Gallery 621, University of Calgary, Calgary
Residencies and workshops
2024 - Workshop Instructor, IAACC (International Avenue Arts & Culture Community), Calgary
2024 - IAACC (International Avenue Arts & Culture Community) Artist in Residency, Calgary
2024 - IAACC Artist in Residency in partnership with FUSE33 Makerspace, Calgary
2023 - RBC Emerging Visual Artist Program, Arts Commons, Calgary