Was born and raised in Iran. Since 2007 lives and works in Germany.
Education
2012-2015 Postgraduate Studies, Media Arts, Academy Of Media Arts Cologne (KHM)
2007-2011 BA Fine Arts, Painting, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alfter
2001-2005 BA Fine Arts, Graphic & Print, Azad University of Art and Architecture, Tehran
Grants, Awards & Residencies
2019 Together with Joanna Broda, One year Grant, Mediengründer Zentrum NRW, Cologne
2017-18 Artist in Residence, Kunstlabor, Alanus Hochschule/ Stiftung Mercator/ MUTIK
2016 Project Grants, Akademie Der Künste Der Welt, Cologne
2015 KHM Award For Outstanding Female Artists, Cologne
2015 Residency in Panemune Castle, Migrating Art Academies, Pilis, Lithuania
2013 Residency in Montepulciano, Music & Dance Academy Montepulciano, Italy
2010 Book Design Award, Kunst und Museums Bibliothek, Cologne
2009 Residency in ISA, Havana, Sense Lab Program, Cuba
2007 DAAD Scholarship, Germany
Publications
2017 Magazine, Kunststadt N° 64, Article by Kay Von Keitz, Published by BBK Berlin GmbH
2016 Journal, N° 6, Article by Konstantin Butz, Published by Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2016 Art Book, Bühnenreif, Article by Sylvie Kyeck, Published by Arp Museum Rolandseck
2015 Artists’ Book, CARTE BLANCHE, Published by Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2015 Online Publication, Migrating Art Academies, Violated Relation
2014 Brochure, Eden Was Never So Close, Published by Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2011 Catalogue, Bleib, Published by Frauen Museum Kunst- Kultur Forschung e.v., Bonn
2010 Catalogue, Nina Sawina, Published by LVR-Archivberatung- und Fortbildungszentrum
2010 Art Book, A Room for Life, Unique Copy, Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek Cologne
Exhibitions & Screenings
Selection
2019 Screening, Rat Race, Detour to Tehran, Schikaneder, Vienne
2018 Screening, Rat Race, Parking Video Library, BELGRADO, Buenos Aires
2018 Screening, Window Shopping, Capri by Night, Schauspiel Köln, Cologne
2018 Solo Exhibition & Artist Talk, Violated Affairs, New Media Society, Teheran
2017 Group Show, Monument in Flux, Gallery W139, Amsterdam
2017 Group Show, RAUMSAMKEITEN, K56, Leipzig
2016 Screening, Window Shopping, FAR OFF Video Art and Experimental Film, Cologne
2016 Group Show, Matjö -Raum für Kunst, Cologne
2015 Solo Exhibition, Violated Affairs, Site-Specific, Muelheim, Cologne
2015 Screening, Elephant, Festival International Signes de Nuit, Paris
2015 Group Show, Corpus Ludus Militaris, Pili, Lithuania
2015 Screening, Elephant, European Short Film Festival, MIT, Boston
2015 Screening, Elephant, Channels 2015 Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Group Show, Eden Was Never So Close, ArtCologne, Cologne
2014 Group Show, Wirtschaftministerium- NRW, Dusseldorf
2014 Group Show, Full Saturation, Kunstpavillon, Munich
2013 Group Show, Entfernung der Zeit, Teatro Poliziano, Montepulciano, Italy
2013 Group Show, Walzwerk, Pulheim, Germany
2011 World Premiere, Self-Portrait, Arte+ Festival, Havana, Cuba
2011 Group Show, Bleib, Frauenmuseum, Bonn
2010 Group Show, A Room for Life, LVR-Kulturzentrum, Brauweiler, Germany
2010 Group Show, Das Gedenkbuch Nina Sawina, Kunst und Museums Bibliothek, Cologne
2010 Screening, Little Song, Poetry Film Festival, Berlin