Born in 1980, Ahvaz (IR)
Works and lives in Tehran (IR)  

EDUCATION

2005 M.A. in Photography, Art University of Tehran (IR)
2003 B.A. in Photography, Art University of Tehran (IR)                                                                                                                                                                   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 "Inside Out", Officine Dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan (IT)
2012 “Volcano”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2011 “Slow Decay”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 “Me, She and the others”, Centre d'art Passerelle, Brest (FR)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 "Good News from Iran", Pasinger Fabrik, Munich Germany
2013 "About Face — Contemporary Portraiture", The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City — PDF
2013 "Everyday Life: 2013 Asian Art Biennial", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts — Link
2013 “All You Need Is LOVE”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP) — PDF
2013 "She Who Tells a Story; Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)
2013 "About Face: Contemporary Portraiture", Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (USA)
2013 “The Eye is a Lonely Hunter-Images of Humankind”, A selection from the 4th Fotofestival, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
2012 “History is mine!”, Le Printemps de Septembre à Toulouse, Toulouse (FR)
2012 “Festival Images”, Vevey (CH)                 
2012 “Tbilisi Photo Festival”, Leonidze Literature Meseum, Tbilisi (GE)
2012 “Ce n’est pas du sang, c’est du rouge”, White Project Gallery, Paris (FR)
2012 “The Eye is a Lonely Hunter-Images of Humankind”, A selection from the 4th Fotofestival, Grimmuseum, Berlin (DE)
2012 “The Elephant in the Dark”, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon (IN)
2011“Pulso Iraniano”, Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
2011 4th Fotofestival “The Eye is a Lonely Hunter-Images of Humankind”, Zephyr der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim (DE)
2011 “Inauguration”, White Project Gallery, Paris (FR) 2011 “Staging Identity”, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Zurich (CH)
2010 “Freitag und Robinson”, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, Berlin (DE)
2010 “Recent self-portraits”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 “Southern”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2009 “Biennale des images du monde, photoquai ,Musee du quai branly, Paris (FR)
2008 Hillyer Art Space, Washington (DC-USA)
2008 “The inward eye”, Contemporary art museum, Tehran (IR)              
2007 “Made in Teheran”, Cicero Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2006 “Art10th International Photo Biennale”, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute, Tehran (IR)
2004 Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran (IR)
2002 Mirak Gallery, Mashhad (IR)

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2011 Visiting Arts (1mile² project), Bradford / London (UK)
2009-2011 DAAD award, Berlin (DE)
2008 International Arts & Artists (Art Bridge), Washington (DC-USA)

COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts(MFAH), Houston (TX-USA) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (KS-USA) White Project Gallery, Paris (FR) Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Zurich (CH) Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon (IN) Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)

BOOKS

2012 “History is mine!”, Published by Editions Le Bord de l’Eau, Lormont (FR)
2011 “La photography Iranienne”, Published by Editions Loco, Paris (FR)
2011 “The Eye is a Lonely Hunter”, Published by Kehrer, Berlin (DE)
2009 “Photoquai”, Published by Actes Sud, Paris (FR)
2008 “Iranian photography now”, Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostifildern (DE)

MAGAZINES

2012 Alternatives Internationales, NO 54, Paris (FR)
2012 Zoom Magazine, #105 international ed, January 2012, Milan (IT)
2012 Jeune Afrique Magazine, NO 2663, Paris (FR)
2012 Image Magazine, NO 49, Paris (FR)
2010 Photonews Magazine, NO C3107, Hamburg (DE)
2009 Image Magazine, Paris (FR)