Jump to content

Soheila Esfahani

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Simeon (talk | contribs) at 10:10, 29 April 2022 (Adding short description: "Iranian artist and educator" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Soheila Esfahani is an Iranian artist and educator currently working in Canada.[1] She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo.[2] She is an Assistant Professor at Western University.[3] She was the receipt of the Ontario Arts Council Project Grant: Mid career artist[4] Esfahani has also received awards from Canada Council for the Arts, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.[5] Notably, she was nominated for the Jameel Prize at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, UK in 2015.

Artistic career

Esfahani has exhibited numerous shows in Canada and internationally, including:

  • Been T(here) at Red Head Gallery in Toronto, in 2022, Pattern (dis)Placement,
  • Redeemer University College Gallery, 2019 in Ancaster, ON,
  • Interstice, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 2019
  • In-Between, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON. 2016
  • Trans-(across, over, beyond), MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Lab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

Publications

  • Pasiechnik, Jenelle M. Embodied Engagements: The Artwork of Jamelie Hassan & Soheila Esfahani in Translations, Exhibition catalogue, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC. 2020
  • The Living River Project: Art, water and Possible Worlds exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON. 2019
  • The Source: Rethinking Water Through Contemporary Art exhibition catalogue, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 2017
  • Embracing Place exhibition catalogue, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON. 2017
  • The Red Head Gallery at 25 exhibition catalogue, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2017
  • Matotek, Jennifer ed. Material Girls. London, UK: Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2015.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Soheila Esfahani". Culture and Language Studies. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. ^ "Soheila Esfahani". Rungh Cultural Society. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  3. ^ "Soheila Esfahani". EMBASSY CULTURAL HOUSE. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. ^ "SOHEILA ESFAHANI – The L. Project". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  5. ^ "SOHEILA ESFAHANI – The L. Project". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soheila_Esfahani&oldid=1085250067"