EDUCATION
2023-25 MFA Visual Arts, University of Victoria, BC
2018-21 M.A. Art History, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2014-18 B.A. Sculpture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Tides of Memory”, ONC Residency, Audain Gallery,
University Of Victoria, BC
2025 “DIS-LOCI”, Audain Gallery, University Of Victoria, BC
2025 “The Wight Of Absence”, Vault Gallery, Victoria, BC
2024 “AT The Edge OF Emptiness” ,Audain Gallery, University Of Victoria, BC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Echoes In Between”, Exchange Exhibition, Audain Gallery, University of
Victoria & University of Newcastle
2024 “Within the Without”: A BIPOC Art Exhibition, Mearns-McPherson Library,
University Of Victoria, BC
2023 MFA Group Exhibition, Audain Gallery, University Of Victoria, BC
2018 Sixth Tehran Urban Arts Biennial, Saba Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 “Convergence”, Aria Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 Sculpture Group Exhibition, Iranian Artists House, Tehran, Iran
HONOURS AND AWARDS
2025 Ocean Networks Canada Art-Science Fellowship, University of Victoria
2024 Laura Carberry Scholarship, University of Victoria
2024 Jessie Allan Forsyth Scholarship, University of Victoria
2024 Jeffrey Rubinoff Art as a Source of Knowledge Graduate
Scholarship, University of Victoria
2024 Christopher Foundation Graduate Scholarship in the Visual
Arts, University of Victoria
2024 University of Victoria Fellowship
2023 University of Victoria Graduate Award
2023 Avis Rasmussen Award, University of Victoria
2023 Audrey St. Denys & M. E. Johnson Scholarship, University of Victoria
2023 Christopher Foundation Graduate Scholarship in the Visual
Arts, University of Victoria
2023 Jeffrey Rubinoff Art as a Source of Knowledge Graduate
Scholarship, University of Victoria
PUBLICATION
2025 “UVic alumna’s exhibition explores memory in the deep sea.”
The Martlet. Feature article on my exhibition and Art-Science Fellowship
2021 A comparative study of Bird-Woman motif in Iranian Art in the
Seljuk Era with the Art of Mesopotamia, Greece, India, and
Southeast Asia Civilization, University of Tehran
Parvin Hasanibesheli, Mahyar Asadi, Honar-Ha-Ye-Ziba 26 (2)
2021 A Comparative Study of the Reflection of Traditional Architectural
Components in Monir Shahroudi Farmanfarmaian and
Susan Hefuna’s works
Fine Art Studies 1(1), University of Tehran
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2024-Fall Foundation in Sculpture & Material Methods, University of Victoria
2024-25 TA studies in Creative Being,University of Victoria
2023-24 TA studies in Visual Structures in the Imaginative Realm,
University of Victoria
2018–20 Art Instructor, Children’s Art Programs (ages 3–12) — Sculpture, clay, painting,
and creative practices, Mahdavi’s School
2019 TA studies in Foundation Sculpture, University of Tehran
ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2025 Artist Talk — Presentation of the ONC Fellowship in Art-Science, Visual Arts
Department, University of Victoria
2025 Lunch & Learn — ONC Art-Science Fellowship, Ocean Networks Canada,
University of Victoria
2025 ONC Presentation Night at Queenswood, University of Victoria
2025 Podcast Guest — ONC Podcast, Episode on Art & Sciences (forthcoming,
October 2025)
2024 Guest Artist Talk — ART 151: An Introduction to Contemporary Visual Art,
University of Victoria
CONFRENCES PARTICIPATION
2026 Co-Chair & e-Lightning Presenter, Art and Ocean Science: Creative Pathways
for Understanding and Engagement, Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM 2026),
Glasgow, Scotland (February), “Traces in the Deep: Infrastructures of Memory
Across Body and Ocean