CV
Education:
• MFA in Film Directing and Cinematogrophy, Faculty of Film, Ohio University, Athens , U.S.A, Jun. 2098-Now
• MA in Cinema, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, GPA: 18.06(out of 20), Sep. 2014- Mar. 2017
• BA in Printing, Faculty of Applied Arts, Tehran university of Art, Tehran, Iran, GPA: 17.53 (out of 20), Jan. 2009- Jun. 2013
• Pre-university in art, Absar Art school, Mashhad, Iran, GPA: 19.81 (out of 20), 2008-2009
• Diploma in mathematical science, GPA: 18.20(out of 20), Parvin Etesami High school, Mashhad, Iran, 2004-2008
Academic research
and presentation:
Presented graduate research thesis: Surveying different aspects of self-portrait in documentary cinema (Case study: artworks from 1980-now), conference room, Department of Cinema, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, 2016
Exhibitions:
• Beholding, Video, Video Group Exhibition, Aknoon Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran,2019
• Beholding, Video, Windows 98, Video Group Exhibition, Pirsook Art Space, Shiraz, Iran, 2019
• Beholding, Site Spicific Video Installation, Factory 5272, Art Expo Hormuz, Hormuz, Iran, 2019 • Beholding, Video Installation, Artibision Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2019
• Interval, Video , The 11th Fajr Visual Art Festival, SabaGallery, Tehran, Iran,2019
• Interval, Interactive Video Installation, The 8th TADAEX, Nabshi Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2018
Future Exhibitions:
•Misplace, Video Installation, 8th Tehran Sculputre Biennale, Tehran, Iran, 2020
•Day by Day, Installation, Ohio University Art Gallery (School of Art and Design),Athens, Ohio, United States, 2020
Performances:
•Self, Audio Visual Performance and Video Mapping, Engar gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2019
•Unknown, Several hours of urban performing in sidewalk, Tehran, Iran,(About women's rights), 2015
•Unknown, Several hours of urban performing in sidewalk, Tehran, Iran, (About rights between men and women), 2015
Skills and Abilities:
• Adobe Premiere (85%) • Edius (85%)
•Avid (85%)
• Adobe After Effects (75%)
• Adobe Lightroom (80%)
• Adobe Photoshop (70%)
• Adobe Illustrator (80%)
• Touch Designer (45%)
• Resolume Avenue/Arena (80%)
•Cinema4D (10%) •Moho (10%)
•Digital Drawing
•Video Mapping
• Digital and Analog Photography
• Lighting, Filming and Cinematography
Awards and Distinctions:
• Ranked 18th in the national university entrance exam for graduate studies, major of cinema, 2014
• Ranked 23th in the national university entrance exam for graduate studies, field of dramatic art and cinema, among 8653 applicants, 2014
• Honored as a member of Scientific Communities of printing in Art university of Tehran, 2009-2011 • Honored as a member of Poetry and literature Communities of Art university of Tehran, 2010-2011
Working Experiences:
• Graduate assistant, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States, 2019-Present
• Iran Shahr Gallery, Video Production, Tehran, Iran, 2018-2019
• Freelance Motion Graphics for Organizations such as Ministry of Health and Remedy, Kalleh Corpo- rations, Iran Novin Advertising Group, Raykans Advertising Group etc. Tehran, Iran, 2015-2019
• Dorsun Teb Pars Corporation, Video Advertisement and Motion Graphics, Tehran, Iran, 2015-2017
• Bonyan Dandan Iranian Corporation, Video Advertisement and Motion Graphics, Tehran, Iran, 2013-2015
Training Experiences:
• Three months Short Film Workshop By Majid Eslami, Morteza Farshbaf, Karim Lakzadeh, Pooyan Sholevar, Morteza Najafi, Farsh Film School, Thran, Iran,2019
•Experimental Art Workshop by Bavand Behpour, Bayaz Art School, Tehran Iran, 2018
• Three months Training course in Playwriting by Jalal Tehrani, Maktab Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2016
• Six months Training course, Alternative Cinema Workshop by Mohammad Shirvani, Tehran, Iran, 2014
• Three months Training course in acting in Meisner Technique, by Ehsan Paydar, Tehran, Iran, 2014
Theory courses:
• Prepration Workshop by Amir Ali Ghasemi, New Media Society, Tehran, Iran, 2019 •Iranian Aesthetics, by Bavand Behpour, Bayaz Art School, Tehran, Iran, 2018
• Art 21, theory of Art History by Behrang Samadzadegan, Aria art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2017
• Melancholy of Resistance (Bela Tarrs Cinema), by Saleh Najafi, Igreg Art Studio, Tehran, Iran, 2017 • American Independent Cinema, by Morteza Farshbaf, Igreg Art Studio, Tehran, Iran, 2016
• Alternative cinema of Iran, Igreg Art Studio, Tehran, Iran, 2015
Professional Experiences:
Directing Experiences:
•Unrelated: Short Film, 4 minutes, Athens, Ohio, United States, 2019
•Chines Open Mic: Documentary, 17 minutes, Athens, Ohio, United States, 2019 •Beholding: Video Art and Sound Design, 3 minutes, Tehran, Iran, 2018
•Interval: Video Art, 7 minutes, Tehran, Iran, 2017
•Mimesis: self-portrait, personal project, 22 minutes, Tehran, Iran, 2016 •Bottommost: personal project, 3 minutes, Tehran, Iran, 2015
•What do you think? : personal project, 3 minutes, Tehran, Iran, 2015 •Displacement: self-portrait, personal project, 11 minutes, Tehran, Iran, 2015 •Gaze: Two-part works, personal project, 7 minutes, Tehran, Iran, 2014
Editing Experiences:
•Enlist: directed by Vahid Jabbari, 14min, Tehran, Iran, 2016
•Unknown, Video Art by Farzane Joordy, Tehran, Iran, 2016
•Cannibal’s island, directed by Alireza Karamzade, 34 minutes, Mashhad, Iran, 2015
Language:
Persian: Native English: Fluent French: Familiar
Arabic: Familiar
Interests:
Reading books
Singing (I attended in Arasbaran choir for 3 years as a mezzo soprano) Playing Bass and Harmonica
Doing yoga
Drawing
Dancing