I am a visual designer, media artist, and illustrator from Tehran, Iran. I specialize in Design, Animation, and Art Direction. My illustrations are meant to provoke emotion and inspire conversation with my audience. My interdisciplinary work expresses complex ideas in an accessible way, and I use different mediums to achieve this.
I have combined my endless love for creativity and design with my passion for gender equality. To that end, I debuted my practice as a media artist with a project to raise awareness for gender equity using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, thereby evoking empathy, understanding, and newfound passion within my audience.
EDUCATION
GRADUATE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Master of Fine Arts, in Digital Arts & New Media
Sep 2018 – Nov 2020
MASTER’S DEGREE
ART UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN
Tehran School of Art, Tehran, IR
Master of Arts, in Visual Communication
Sep 2013 – Jul 2016
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ART UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN
Tehran School of Art, Tehran, IR
Bachelor of Fine Arts, in Graphic Design
Dec 2008 – Feb 2013
EXHIBITIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
MFA THESIS SHOW
UC SANTA CRUZ | Planned November 2020
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: Florence French Scholarship
UC SANTA CRUZ | MAY 2020
HUBX OPEN HOUSE/ FIRST FRIDAY EVENT EXHIBITION
SANTA CRUZ | FEB 2020
CHARACTER DESIGN EXHIBITION
FARDA GALLERY, TEHRAN, IR
HOLY DEFENSE EXHIBITION
SABA MUSEUM, TEHRAN, IR
EXHIBITION OF TEHRAN BEAUTIFICATION
ANDISHEH FARHANGSARA, TEHRAN, IR
FULL TUITION MFA SCHOLARSHIP WITH STIPEND
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
FULL TUITION BFA & MA SCHOLARSHIP
ART UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, IR
PUBLICATIONS
MADRESE PUBLICATION/ Art Director
Art director and illustrator of children’s educational pre-school
textbook in the Schools’ country.
KHERAD ART HOUSE
Illustration Preschool Book/ Music Book’s Layout
Participated in creating content for music E-book and Illustration
for children book. Also, layout for educational music book.
SHABAHANG PUBLICATION/ Illustration Book
Illustration for fiction and nonfiction books for adult and children.
SMART KIDS MAGAZINE/ Illustration Magazine
Illustration for the magazine for children.
DESIGN SKILLS
Animation | Augmented Reality | Color Theory | Creativity | Digital Painting | Graphic Design | Grid & Layout | Illustration | Interaction Design | Motion Graphics | Print Design | Rapid Prototyping | Responsive Design | Sketching | Storytelling | Typography | Virtual Reality | UX & UI Design | Usability | Wireframing