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