EDUCATION

2018 Continuing Studies – Sculpture, OCAD, Toronto, Canada
2013 MFA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2005 MFA Painting, Azad Art University, Tehran, Iran
1999 BA Painting, Azad Art University, Tehran, Iran

RESIDENCIES & STUDIOS

2026 Upcoming: URAA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2025 Upcoming: ISCP, Brooklyn, US
2024 Fogo Island Arts, Canada
2023 TKE (Tracey Emin) Studios, Margate, UK
2022 Delfina Foundation, London, UK
2021 Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
2019 Banff Art Center, Banff, Canada
2018 MOCA Toronto Studio, Toronto, Canada
SOMA Summer, Mexico City, Mexico
ViaFarini, Milan, Italy
2013 Red Mansion, Beijing, China
2010 Greatmore, Cape Town, South Africa

GRANTS & AWARDS and SELECTIONS

2024 DYCP, Art Council England
2023 Canada Art Council, Composite: Three Years
Canada Art Council, Explore and Create Concept to Realization
Toronto Art Council, Visual Artists: Creation
Tracey Emin Foundation Studio Holder, Maragte, UK
2022 Canada Art Council, Art Abroad Grant
Ontario Art Council, Chalmers Professional Development Projects
Longlisted for Sobeys Award, National Gallery of Canada
TAC Mentorship for Newcomers (As a Mentor)
2021 Canada Art Council, Explore and Create Concept to Realization
City Of Toronto Year of Public Art
OAC Artist/Prsenter Collaboration Project
2020 Toronto Art Council, Mid Career Visual Artist Creation Grant
2019 Winner of The Ontario Exhibition of The Year Award/OAAG (Monographic)
Banff Jim Dinning and Evelyn Main Endowed Scholorship for Visual Arts
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant – The Power Plant
2018 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artists Creation Project Grant
RBC Arts Access Fund Award
Canada Council for Arts, Arts Abroad Grant
Ontario Arts Council, International Residency Grant
Toronto Arts Council, Newcomer Mentorship Award (Mentor: Nahed Mansur)
Toronto Arts Council, Mid-Career Visual Artist Grant
2016 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant – SAVAC
2015 Nominated for Jameel Prize, London, UK
2013 Iran Heritage Exhibition Grant, London, UK
Winner of Red Mansion Art Prize 2013, Beijing, China
Shortlisted for Threadneedle prize, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2009 Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award, Dubai, UAE

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Aga Khan Museum, Light, Toronto, Canada
Chapitre III, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Canada
Mémoire Matérielle, Foire Plural (curated section), Montreal, Canada
2024 TKE (Tracey Emin Foundation), Margate, UK
Nicolas Robert Gallery, (Solo)Particular Good Game for Self Punishment, Montreal, Canada
Art Spin, Public Sweat, Toronto, Canada
Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA
MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic
Very Small Feelings, Kiran Nadar Museum, Delhi, India
2022 Task Negative, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Biennial, What Water Knows The Land Remembers, Toronto, Canada
Ab Anbar Gallery, THINGAMAJIG, London, UK
Romance Of Many Dimensions, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto,Canada
2021-22 *Terms And Conditions Apply (Solo), Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
2021 GTA21 triennial, MOCA Toronto, Canada
Still Daylight, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, Canada
Particular Good Game for Self Punishment, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Canada
2020 Crawling Out of A Hidden Place, Arsenal Contemporary Art Toronto, Canada
2019 Canadian Art Magazine Solo Booth Commission, Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Frieze Sculpture Park, London, UK
Never Never Land (solo), Koffler Centre for Arts, Curated by Mona Filip, Toronto, Canada
2018 Exfoliation, Akin Window Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Bocconi 18, Bocconi Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
Contemporary Chaos, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium Museum, Vestfossen, Norway
2017 Parting Lines, OCAD Gallery, Curated by Lauren Schaffer and Camille Rauton, Toronto, Canada
2016 Masterplan (solo), Ab/Anbar Gallery, Tehran, Iran
ARTIFACTS: Akin X Project, Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada
RTL/LTR, Artmark Gallery, Vienna, Austria
RTL/LTR, Galerie Forum, Wels, Austria
Manpower Art Festival 16, Lisbon, Portugal
RCA SECRET, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Red Mansion, Triangle Space and Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK
2015 Curatorial Project: Jabberwocky, Ab/Anbar Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014 Appologie for Understanding (solo), Asia House, London, UK
Meaning of Happiness, Homa Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Red Mansion Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2013 Utopia (solo), Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Utopia (solo), Light Gallery, London, UK
MFA Thesis Exhibition, CSM Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
Oblivion, Project space, London, UK
2012 Art Pavilion, London, UK
Mise–en–scène, Etemad Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Haft Negah, Niavaran Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
MFA Interim Exhibition, V22 Art Space, London, UK
Xhibit, Menier Gallery, London, UK
Xhibit, Kingsgate Workshop Trust, London, UK
Xhibit, CSM Windows Gallery, London, UK
2011 Project 2012 End Of The World, Gallery on the Corner, London, UK
Project 2012 End Of The World, Gallery on the Corner, London, UK
2000/10 Creek Art Festival, Dubai, UAE
Memory, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Duality, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
New Signature, Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award Exhibition, Dubai, UAE
Art Biennial, Niavaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Iran the land of peace, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
New Generation, Jahan Nama Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Civilization’s Dialogue, Afrand Gallery, Tehran, Iran