Artwork
I am an Iranian-born interdisciplinary artist working primarily with textile-based processes, while also incorporating photography, papermaking, and video. I hold a BFA in Textile Design and am currently pursuing an MFA in Fibers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. My work has been presented in juried exhibitions, including the 39th Annual Materials: Hard + Soft at the Greater Denton Arts Council in Texas, PhotoSpiva 2026 at Spiva Center for the Arts in Missouri, and In Black & White, a virtual exhibition by Site Brooklyn Gallery.
My practice explores how identity is shaped and continually reshaped by environment. Drawing from lived experience, self-observation, and the emotional weight of in-between spaces, I consider how places, cultures, relationships, and changing surroundings leave traces on our sense of self. Rather than understanding identity as fixed, I approach it as something fluid and responsive, formed through ongoing encounters with the environments we inhabit and move through.
Through material, form, image, and process, I examine dualities such as presence and absence, concealment and revelation, fragility and endurance. My work carries memory, silence, displacement, and resistance. I am particularly drawn to the tension between vulnerability and resilience, allowing softness, transparency, repetition, and instability to function not as signs of weakness, but as forms of strength.
Before moving to the United States, I worked as a textile designer, photographer, and printmaker and founded my own art shop, where I created handmade woven pieces. I have also collaborated with arts organizations and led community workshops.
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Education
MFA, Fibers University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA2024 - Present
BFA, Textile Design University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran2016 - 2020
Work Experience
Gallery Assistant - College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Dartmouth, MA)2025 - Present
Studio Assistant - Jonathan Michaud Studio (Brooklyn, NY)2026
Teaching Assistant - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Dartmouth, MA)2024 - 2025
Photographer - Lozee Advertising Agency (Tehran, Iran)2022 - 2024
Printmaker - Dotan Studio (Tehran, Iran)2021 - 2022
Macramé Artist and Owner - Leev Art Studio (Tehran, Iran)2020 - 2021
Textile Designer - Naghsh Negaran Pendar Company (Tehran, Iran)2018 - 2020
Teaching Experience
Community Weaving Workshop - New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (New Bedford, MA)2026
Hatch Studios Weaving Workshop - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (New Bedford, MA)2025
CVPA Weaving Workshop - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Dartmouth, MA)2025
Summer Community Projects - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Dartmouth, MA)2025
Commissions and Projects
Interior Design Weaving Installation (Midland, TX)2026
Floor Loom Weaving Project (Dartmouth, MA)2025
Being Seen: Celebrating SouthCoast Pride - DATMA (Project with Liz Collins) Public Art (New Bedford / Dartmouth, MA)2025
Internships and Residencies
Handweavers Guild of America (HGA), Convergence® Conference Internship (New Orleans, LA)2026
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) Artist-in-Residence (New Bedford, MA)2026
Professional Service and Leadership
President - CVPA Fibers Club, University of Massachusetts DartmouthPresent
Orientation Leader - International Student and Scholar Center, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth2025
Public Art Installation Team Member - DATMA (Massachusetts Design, Art, and Technology Institute)2025
Awards and Scholarships
Gallery Assistantship - Partial Scholarship University of Massachusetts Dartmouth2025 - 2026
Teaching Assistantship - Full Scholarship University of Massachusetts Dartmouth2024 - 2025
Exhibitions
Fiber Art Now (accepted) Group Exhibition (Grants Pass, OR)2028
Hand Weavers Guild of America (HGA) Convergence® Conference Group Exhibition (New Orleans, LA)2026
Unforgotten Solo Exhibition - New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (New Bedford, MA)2026
Still We Bloom Group Exhibition (New Bedford, MA)2026
Materials: Hard + Soft Group Exhibition (Denton, TX)2026
In Black & White Online Exhibition (Site: Brooklyn)2025
Lighting the Star Store Group Exhibition (New Bedford, MA)2025
Hatch Studios Group Exhibition (New Bedford, MA)2025
Art Current Group Exhibition (New Bedford, MA)2025
Heimtextil Group Exhibition (Frankfurt, Germany)2018
The Third Step Group Exhibition (Tehran, Iran)2018
Publications and Press
Fiber Art Now, Winter 2027 Issue - Excellence in Fibers XII (accepted)2027
Artists of the Year 2025 - Arts to Hearts Magazine2026
101 Art Book: Photography Edition - Arts to Hearts Magazine2026