Sep. 2022 – May 2024

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, GPA 92/100 (thesis).

Sep. 2017 – May 2022

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, GPA 80/100 (GRADEX 2022).

Sep. 2004 – Apr. 2006

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Industrial Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

Sep. 2000 – Apr. 2004

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Industrial Management, Yazd, Iran.

1)

Hope in the Shadows, Experimential Media Space (EMS), OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 1-9, 2024.

2)

International Community Launch, Open Space Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 2024.

3)

Illusions of Infinity, OCAD Graduate Gallery, 205 Richmond St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 2 - February 8, 2024.

4)

Brushstrokes of Courage (solo exhibition), OCAD Graduate Gallery, 205 Richmond St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 9 - December 14, 2023.

5)

SURFACE (online exhibition), OCADU, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Fall 2023 2023.

6)

Visualizing the Invisible, 40 Orchard View Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 30 - July 31, 2023.

7)

Too Big to Fail, Open Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2023.

8)

Deep Down My Heart Sings, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 2023.

9)

Gathering Divergence Multi-Arts Festicval & Conference , Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 29 to December 9, 2023.

10)

The Incomplete, The Great Hall (100 McCaul St.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 2022.

11)

Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO), Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 2022.

12)

GradEx 107, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Spring 2022.

13)

VAM’s Wildlife Exhibition, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Summer 2022.

14)

Traces, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Spring 2022.

15)

Hello to Unspoken Secrets (solo exhibition), Student Hub, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Spring 2022.

16)

Art and Adaption , OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Fall 2021.

17)

Diaspora Babies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Summer 2021.

18)

Private Lives , OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Spring 2021.

19)

Sustainable Interventions , OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Fall 2020.

20)

Young Artists Exhibition, Tehran Iran, Fall 2006.

1)

Exploring Contemporary Iranian Art Practice, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 6, 2024.

1)

Brushstrokes of Courage (live performance), OCAD Graduate Gallery, 205 Richmond St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 9 - December 14, 2023.

1)

OUTSIDE IN , University of the Arts London and OCAD University, May 2022.

1)

Women, Life, Freedom - Part 3: Hello Khodanour, smART Magazine, Issue 11 - Intersection , April 2023

1)

Embodiment, Selected as part of OCAD University Student Films for TIFF 2023

1)

William & Phyllis Waters Bursary, December 2023, Canada.

2)

OCADU Graduate Project Research and Travel Grant, January 2024, Canada.

3)

OCAD University Graduate Student Project Grant, December 2023, Canada

4)

Sir Edmund Walker Award (Renewed), June 2023, Toronto, Canada.

5)

Graduate Studies First Year Award, May 2023, OCADU, Toronto, Canada.

6)

Sir Edmund Walker Award, June 2022, Toronto, Canada.

7)

Mrs. W.O. Forsyth March 2022, Toronto, Canada.

8)

OCAD University Bursary, December 2021, Toronto, Canada.

9)

Aureade Falconer-Girard Bursary, December 2020, Toronto, Canada.

10)

OCAD University Bursary, December 2020, Toronto, Canada.

11)

Ontario First Generation Bursary, December 2019, Toronto, Canada.

12)

Ada Slaight Bursary, December 2018, Toronto, Canada.

13)

OCAD University Bursary, November 2017, Toronto, Canada.

14)

Gymnastic, Iranian women’s gymnastics championships: 3 gold medals (1995), 2 gold and 2 silver medals (1994), Tehran, Iran.

Persian poetry, Publishing poems in Iranian newspapers and magazines in Farsi language, Tehran/Toronto, Iran/Canada.

Persian Calligraphy, Practicing Persian Calligraphy, Tehran/Toronto, Iran/Canada.

Iranian traditional music, Daf player (Persian traditional musical instrument), member of 40 Daf ensemble, Tehran, Iran.

Private art tutor, Teaching oil painting techniques to different age groups, Tehran, Iran

1)

Volunteer staff in curatorial and installation works, 2022, Toronto, Canada.

2)

Fundraising to help Kurdistan (Northwest of Iran) flood victims 2017, Toronto, Canada.

3)

Fundraising to help Bam earthquake victims, 2003, Tehran, Iran.