CV
Education
2024 – 2026 — Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2004 – 2006 — Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Thesis: The Reasons of Persian Visual Arts Demolishment (Classical Persian Art)
1999 – 2003 — Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Painting, Sooreh University, Tehran, Iran
Thesis: Metamorphosis in Visual Arts
Professional Experience
2024 – Present — Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia (UBC)
2023 – Present — Visual Art Instructor, Shadbolt Art Centre, City of Burnaby
2022 – Present — Visual Art Instructor, Foundation Program, Vancouver Film School
2021 – Present — Visual Art Instructor, Continuing Education, Emily Carr University
2014 – 2019 — Visual Art Instructor, Continuing Education, Alberta University of the Arts (formerly AUAD)
2006 – 2008 — Visual Art Instructor, Azad University, Iran
Awards and Publications
2025 Recipient of SSHRC Affiliated National Grant, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Nominated by the National Gallery of Canada to lead online workshop, Creative Thursdays
Winner of Provincial “Art Battle” competition, Calgary, AB
Feature and interviewed by Saatchi Art Gallery on “One to watch”, Los Angeles, US
2014 Award of merit, “SCA 46th annual exhibition and competition”, Salmon Army, BC
Best artist award in juried Niavaran exhibition, Iran
Exhibitions
2026 — Elsewhere, Otherwise, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, BC
2025 — Loosely Bound, AHVA Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, BC
2025 — International Women’s Day Exhibition, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2024 — Instructor’s Exhibition, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, BC
2023 — Unveiling Honor, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Vancouver, BC
2022 — Creativity Lives Here, POMOArts Centre Gallery, Coquitlam, BC
2014 — SCA 46th Annual National Exhibition, Salmon Arm Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC
2013 — SCA 45th Annual National Exhibition & Competition, Montreal, QC
2012 — Solo Exhibition Feature, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
2011 — Works on Paper, Interprovincial Tour, Edmonton & Calgary, AB
2011 — Equinox Exhibition, Walterdale Theatre, Edmonton, AB
2010 — Artist’s Choice & Connection Exhibitions, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, AB