2019. “Passivity”, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015. “The Interval”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012. “Behind the Scenes”, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008. “In search of the lost time”, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Awards nominations and selection (selected) :
2024. “BBA artist award” nomination, Berlin, Germany.
2023. “Half of The Red Sun”, In collaboration with Anahita Nouroozi, Musée National des
beaux-arts du Québec Art Award.
2023. Nominated for The Sovereign Art Prize, Hong Kong.
2021. Winner of Special mention of the jury, MuVi International completion, 67th
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany.
2020. Winner of CNC (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image) Quality Award
Commission (Aid after directing), France.
2019. Winner of the best independent video at the 7th Khorshid Film Festival. Tehran, Iran.
2019. Official selection 48th Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada.
2019. Winner of Best Experimental Film at the 35th Tehran International Short Film
Festival. Tehran, Iran.
2017. Official selection, “16° Edizione del Festival internazionale del Cinema D’Arte 2017”,
Milan, Italy.
2015. Official selection, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, Lab competition, France.
2015. Official selection, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland.
2014. Grand Prize nominee, International Competition: 60th International Short Film
Festival Oberhausen”, Oberhausen, Germany.
2014. Official selection, New Visions: Doclisboa`14 International Film Festival”, Lisbon,
Portugal.
2010. “Magic of Persia contemporary art prize award” nomination, London, UK.
2008. Selected as Top Ten Painter in “Selection of The New Generation”, Homa Gallery,
Iran.
Group Exhibitions (selected):
2023. “Art in the context of Immigration”, Seattle, USA.
2023. In collaboration with Anahita Norouzi, “Half of The Red Sun”,
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada.
2023. “Realism”, video art, Frieze’s Mayfair gallery, London, UK.
2022. “Vanishing Point”, A selection of works from the Pejman collection, Contemporary Art Museum &
Cultural Centre, Pejman Foundation, Argo factory, Tehran, Iran.
2018. “WE ONLY LIVE TWICE”, The Exhibition of Iranian Moving Images and video arts. BWA WROCLAW – Galleries of Contemporary Art and NEW HORIZONS. Warsaw, Poland.
2018. Contemporary Iranian painters, Contemporary Arts Museum Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
2014. “The Greater Middle East Unveiled”, Opera Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
2014. “Breath from a Warm Locale in Pictures” Film & Video Art, Croxhapox Gallery, Gent, Belgium.
2014. History Game, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2012. Mise-en-scène, Etemad Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
2010. Palais de Tokyo et du Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris During FIAC, Paris, France.
Publications, articles, and reviews (selected):
2023. “Rethinking of Iranian contemporary art”, Skira Publication, by Hamid Keshmirshekan, Italy.
2021. Review of “Not Being” experimental film/ video art, by Anuj Malhotra, “A car rumbles in the
distant”, Iranian-night, Asianfilmarchive.org.
2019. “Passivity” painting exhibition review,” Significance in Insignificance “, by Farideh Afarin, Tandis
Visual Art magazine, Iran.
2016. Interview with Glasgow Film Theatre published at Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, UK.
2015. an article by Barry Kehoe, Independent Curator and Art Writer, Heritage Researcher and Historian
of Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), “VAI – Kooshk/IMMA Residency exchange”.
2015. “The Noise” animation was selected as top 10 animated shorts from 2015 by NICOLAS THYS, Film
Critic, 24 images, Quebec, Canada.
2015. An article by Le Devoir newspaper, “A new wind from Iran”, Montreal, Canada.
2014. “The Greater Middle East Unveiled” by Opera Gallery, UAE.
2014. An article by DW regarding “The Noise” animation.
2012. “Behind the scene” exhibition review, by Sheida Ghomashchi, Flash Art The leading European art
magazine. Italy.
2012. “Iranian artists continue to grow in the UAE”, The National, UAE.
2011. An article by The Christian Science Monitor international news organization,” Iran’s artists struggle to find space for the expression” ” by Marketa Hulpachova, USA.
