Education

Sep. 2022 – May 2024 (Expected)

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

Sep. 2017 – May 2022

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

Sep. 2002 – Apr. 2006

Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

Exhibitions

1)

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

2)

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

3)

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

4)

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

5)

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

6)

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

7)

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

8)

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

9)

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

10)

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

11)

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

12)

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

13)

Art and Adaption (online exhibition), OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Fall 2021.

14)

Diaspora Babies (digital exhibition), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Summer 2021.

15)

Private Lives (online exhibition), OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Spring 2021.

16)

Sustainable Interventions (online exhibition), OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Fall 2020.

17)

Young Artists Exhibition, Tehran Iran, Fall 2006.

Conference

1)

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

Publication

1)

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

Awards

1)

William & Phyllis Waters Bursary, December 2023, Canada./p>

2)

OCAD University Graduate Student Project Grant, 2023-2024, Canada

3)

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

4)

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

5)

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

6)

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

7)

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

8)

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

9)

Ada Slaight Bursary, December 2018, Toronto, Canada.

10)

OCAD University Bursary (3 times), December 2021, December 2020, November 2017, Toronto, Canada.

11)

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

Work Experience

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

Volunteer Work

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.