| Morvarid Ghasemirahni
Born in Tehran, Iran in 1988
| Biography
2011 BFA in Painting, Art and Architecture University of Tehran, Iran.
Morvarid is a video installation artist and writer who resides and works in Iran. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in painting from the Art and Architecture University of Tehran in 2011. Since then Morvarid works on video installation, expressing the problems humans face in contemporary societies. Morvarid has collaborated with many talented artists and her work has been showcased in numerous international exhibitions. Her videos have also been featured in many contemporary art festivals, which has earned her recognition for her artistic contributions. She received the second prize in the industrial heritage project in the Dayhim art Society. In all her videos, she uses her feet as a playful representation of this challenge. Morvarid believes the foot can vividly portray two dimensions of human life social activity and sexual desire through playful movements of her feet, repeated in her videos, she stripes away individual and personal identity. The images that Morvarid creates are a mix of humor and terror, almost grotesque, aiming to actively provoke recognition of this intriguing and unsettling challenge in the viewer's mind.
| Professional Life
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2025 Group exhibition Diako Art Bordeaux, France
2025 Group exhibition Vitis’ Artspace Germany
2024 Group exhibition [.Box] VideoArt Milan, Italy
2023 Group exhibition @ Villa Ichon Berman, Germany
2023 Miden festival (Present Continuous) Kalamata, Greece
2022 Group exhibition @ Schaumbad-Freies Graz, Austria
2021 Group exhibition “Anna Atkin” @ Serre torrigiani Florence, Italy
2021 Group exhibition @ Fondazione Palazzo Ducale Genova, Italy
2015 Video art exhibition @ Artline Freiburg, Germany
2015 Group exhibition @ [.Box] VideoArt Project Space Milan, Italy
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
2020 NO to violence against women Link
2020 Women in movement Link
LOCAL EXHIBITIONS
2025 Group Exhibition Ev Art Gallery Tehran, Iran
2024 Group Exhibition 8platt Gallery Tehran, Iran
2024 Group Exhibition Yafteh Projects Tehran, Iran
2023 Group Exhibition @ Yafteh Gallery Tehran, Iran
2021 Industrial heritage @ Dayhim art society Tehran, Iran
2019 Group Exhibition @ Hug Gallery Tehran, Iran
2015 Limited Access @ New Media Society Tehran, Iran
2014 Uncertain time (Installation) @ Vista Gallery Tehran, Iran
2014 Limited Access 5 @ New Media Society Tehran, Iran
2014 Video art exhibition @ Vista Gallery Tehran, Iran
2014 The 5th Annual Contemporary Art Pers book Tehran, Iran
2014 Video art exhibition @ Utoban Gallery Tehran, Iran
2013 The 2nd Annual Video Art Festival Isfahan, Iran
2013 The 4th Annual Contemporary Art Sanandaj Sanandaj, Iran
2013 The 4th Annual Contemporary Art Pers book Tehran, Iran
2012 The 3th Annual Contemporary Art Pers book Tehran, Iran
2012 Video art exhibition @ Mohsen Gallery Tehran, Iran
2010 New art exhibition @ Henna Gallery Tehran, Iran
