born 1977 in Tehran (Iran)
lives and works in Berlin (Germany) und Tehran (Iran)
fields of works: painting, drawing and installation

Education

2006	participation in „Shirin Neshat & Shoja Azari Media Workshop” in International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg – Austria
2001–2006	studies of art education and linguistics, University of Osnabrueck – Germany (M.A.) focus in painting and photography; master thesis: “positions in contemporary photography. »Shirin Neshat« myths and reality on the border of ethnology, language and culture”
1995–1999	studies of applied physics, K.N.T. University of Technology, Teheran – Iran (B.S.)

Awards and Scolarships

2010	Valentine-Rothe-Award, Women’s Museum, Bonn – Germany
2009	Mayor’s Award at the Great Art Exhibition, Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle/Saale – Germany
2008	Atlanta Billboard-Art Project-Award, Center of Civil and Human Rights (CCHR), Atlanta – USA
2004	Piepenbrock Art Award for painting, Culture Foundation Hartwig Piepenbrock, Berlin – Germany
	Art Award for painting, Art and Culture Foundation Georgsmarienhuette – Germany
2004–2006	Scholarship of Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Berlin – Germany

nominated for Art and Design Award, Kunstwerk Lippe, Lage, Germany (2010), Walter Koschatzky Art Award, Rotary Club Albertina, Vienna, Austria (2007 and 2009), Valentine-Rothe-Award, Women’s Museum, Bonn, Germany (2007) and Piepenbrock Art Award for photography, Culture Foundation Hartwig Piepenbrock, Berlin, Germany (2005)

Collections

Collection of the city of Halle – Germany
Essl Collection, Vienna – Austrian
Piepenbrock Collection, Berlin – Germany
Graphic Collection of the University of Osnabrueck – Germany