SELECTED RESIDENCIES


2026 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA 

2025 Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson,VT

Surel’s Place, Boise, ID

On::View Residency, Savannah, GA



SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS


2025 In A Frame Whose Moment…, Surel’s Place, Boise, ID

2023 Symptomatic Echos, Mattie Kelly Art Center, Niceville, FL



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2025     Don’t Be Absurd, Contemporary Art Modern Projects, Miami, FL

      8th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

MSU Faculty Show, Golding-Yang Art Gallery, Morehead, KY

              Uncensored, RAW Gallery, Columbus, OH

Ohio Art League, spring Juried Exhibition, The works : Ohio Center for History,

            Art & Technology, Newark, OH

  July Showcase, ROYGBIV, Columbus, OH

2024   We Got the Power, Contemporary Art Modern Projects, Miami, FL

           Vox Populi XIX, Vox Pupuli, Philadelphia, PA

Now One With Everyone, IceBox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA, 

Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL

Salon: Red Hot, Reverb Gallery, Tampa, FL

I keep the ladders clean, MFA exhibition, USF Contemporary Art Museum CAM, Tampa, FL

USF School of art and Art History 47th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL

Imminent doom, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL

2023   Desiring Production, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL

Appealing Family Values, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL 

Year of the Dragon Snake, Heiress Gallery, Saint Pete, FL

Woven, The Factory ST Pete, FL

USF School of art and Art History 46th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL

Cornucopic, Tallahassee, FL

Liminal Wormhole Jazz Spectacular, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL

2022   Face Dancers, University of South Florida Student Center Gallery, Tampa, FL

30th annual Emerald Coast National Juried Art Exhibition, Mattie Kelly Art Center, Niceville, FL

With arms wide open, Group Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa,  FL 

USF School of art and Art History 45th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL

Arthouse XXII, Virtual Reality Installation, Tampa, FL

2021 Screen/ed, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL 

Acquaintance, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL 

2020 Complex Contest, Ohio University Women's Center,  Athens, OH 

2019 Beholding, Aknoon Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran

     Windows 98, Video Group Exhibition, Pirsook Art Space, Shiraz, Iran

Factory 5272, Site Specific Video Installation, Art Expo Hormuz, Hormuz, Iran 

Borderless, Artibision Gallery, Tehran, Iran

The 11th Fajr Visual Art Festival, SabaGallery, Tehran, Iran

2018 The 8th TADAEX,(Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition),Nabshi Gallery,Tehran,Iran



SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS


2026 Summer Research & Creative Production Fellowship, Morehead State University

Creative Production Award, Morehead State University

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Winter Fellowship

2025 FAWC Online Scholar Award, Fine Art Work Center, Provincetown, MA

Finalist, Transmitter Gallery Summer Residency, Brooklyn, NY

Monson Arts Residency Award, Monson, ME (awarded, not in residence)

Studios at MASS MoCA, Assets for Artists Full Scholarship

Monson Arts Residency Fellowship, Monson, ME 

Vermont Studio Center, Full Residency Scholarship

Surel’s Place, Fully funded fellowship

2024 In celebration of Wendy Babcox, Best in the show,

Armstrong Family Fund for development of art, 2nd best in the show,

2023 Margaret Miller IRA Award, 

SWIFF (Student World Impact Film Festival), 2nd Best Animation Film

2022 30th annual Emerald Coast National Juried Art Exhibition, Best in the Show

Richard Beckman Memorial Award, 3rd in the show



CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2025-Present Faculty Advisor, Inscape Literary & Arts Journal, Morehead State University, KY

2025 Juror, Mt. Sterling Student Juried Exhibition, Morehead State University, KY

2023 Homescape Borderland, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

  Liminal Wormhole Jazz Spectacular, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL




FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS


2025 SPAM New Media Festival, Seattle, WA

2023 Yellow Hammer Film Festival, Troy, AL

  First Time Filmmaker Session, Lift-Off Sessions, New York, NY

  SWIFF (Student World Impact Film Festival), New York, NY

  Encanto Film Festival, Lowell, MA

2021 AIFVF (Athens International Film and Video Festival), Athens, OH



SELECTED PERFORMANCES


2019 Self, Audio Visual Performance and Video Mapping, Engar gallery, Tehran, Iran

2015 My Bodily practice, urban Performance, Tehran, Iran

         Between Us, urban performance, Tehran, Iran



SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGS & PUBLICATIONS


2024 Disappearing Birds of North America – Artist Book, organized by Jen Delos Reyes

      Skyway A Contemporary Collaboration – Catalog

      I Keep The Ladders Clean – Catalog



SELECTED PRESS ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS


2024 ArtBeats, WSLR Community Radio – Interview by Kathleen Murray

Skyway from Their Perspective – The Ringling Museum – Arts Coast Magazine - Interview by Tom Winchester

How did you learn to do what you do Canvas Rebel – Interview with James Wright

Local Stories: Meet Ainaz Alipour – Shoutout Miami – Interview with Sofia Ramirez



SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & LECTURES


2025 Panelist, 8th Midwest Open Artist Panel, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL (online)

Artist Talk, Surel’s Place, Boise, ID

Artist Talk, Arts Southeast – On::View Residency, Savannah, GA

2024 Artist Talk, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL (online)

Panelist, VOX XIX, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (online)

2023 Artist Talk, Tehran Sculpture Society, Tehran, Iran (online)






EDUCATION:


2024 MFA, Studio Arts (Video, Digital Arts), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2017 MA, Animation and Film, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2013 BFA, Printmaking, Tehran university of Art, Tehran, Iran