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Tara Aghdashloo
Born (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian, Canadian
Websitewww.taraaghdashloo.com

Tara Aghdashloo (Persian: تارا آغداشلو; born 5 January 1988) is an Iranian-Canadian writer, director, producer and curator based in London, UK. She is a published author of her poetry collection, and has worked as a print and broadcast journalist in Persian and English-language media, before transitioning to films.[1]

Film and television

As a journalist, director, producer, Tara has worked with Channel 4 News[2],BBC World, Clan Productions, and Manoto Television[3]. She covered news and culture segments for BBC World's Persian Services,[4] such as a short video report on the Victoria and Albert Museum [5] and has produced, directed, and presented documentaries such as the one-hour special Value of Contemporary Art[6], Riksdag,[7] Ticket documentary-series,[8] and a 7-part documentary called City Map,[9] among others. She was a founding co-host and producer on the first Persian-speaking all-woman talk show, Samte No on Manoto TV channel.[10] She's produced and directed feature segments for UK's Channel 4 News.[11][12] Since 2017 she is working as an independent producer and director on her first feature documentary, Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father.[13][14]

Writing

Her poetry has appear in a number of English[15] and Persian[16] magazines, and her poetry collection, This is Not a Pomegranate, was published by Shahrvand Publications in 2011.[17] Her essays, articles and reviews have been published in The Guardian,[18] REALLIFE Magazine,[19] The New Inquiry,[20] Tank Magazine,[21] Autodidact Magazine,[22] Ibraaz,[23] Fashion Magazine,[24] ArtRabbit,[25] Ottawa Citizen, Future Fossil Flora Magazine,[26] Reorient Magazine,[27]BULLETT[28], among others. Tara wrote the lyrics for King Raam's debut solo album, Songs of The Wolves.[29]

Curation

Tara co-directed and curated The Invisible Line (TIL) Gallery in East London for two years and exhibited around 25 shows during that time.[30][31] In 2017 she curated a retrospective of Portuguese artist Cristina Rodrigues in Castelo Branco Museum.[32] She frequently reviews art especially by Iranian and Middle Eastern artists.[33]

References

  1. ^ "NASTY WOMAN: Tara Aghdashloo (Writer & Filmmaker)". The Cultural Curator. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. ^ "Channel 4 News: Instagram in Iran, 2018". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Manoto Television". Manoto Television. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Toronto International Film Festival, 2011". YouTube. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. ^ "BBC Persian The Restoration of Old Maps and Roles, 2014". BBC persian. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 9 Dec 2020.
  6. ^ "Value of Contemporary Art". Channel 4. December 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Riksdag: Democracy in Sweden, 2016". Manoto. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Ticket Series: Stockholm (Ep 4), 2015". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Small World Series: Barcelorna (Ep 7), 2014". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Samteno – Speaking Publicly About Cancer. 2014". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Channel 4 News: Instagram in Iran, 2018". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Channel 4 News: Iran's Women Truckers". Channel 4. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Aydin The Movie". Aydin The Movie. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father".
  15. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara. "Things I Have Heard". Literal Vagrant. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  16. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara. "Poems in Pishomare". Persian Gulf Club. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  17. ^ Taheri, Farah (2011-06-30). "این یک انار نیست". Shahrvand. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  18. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (14 February 2014). "Hadi Hazavei: 'Art doesn't have a border'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  19. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (20 April 2017). "New Skin". Real Life Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  20. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (17 December 2017). "The Floral Is the Political". The New Inquiry. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  21. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (2017). "A dark contrast". Tank (73). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  22. ^ "Contributors". Autodidact Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  23. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (27 February 2014). "Notes on Women in Iranian Art". Ibraaz (6). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  24. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (18 March 2013). "Exclusive: Vivienne Westwood lets us into her London studio to talk Greenpeace and saving the arctic". Fashion. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  25. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (28 February 2017). "Baddest Babes of Iran". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  26. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (4 September 2017). "'Roya's Delight: A Short Story'". Future Fossil Flora Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  27. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (22 October 2018). "East Meets West". Reorient Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  28. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (4 June 2013). "Introducing Helen Chadwicks Provocative Art to a New Generation/". BULLETT. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  29. ^ "King Raam". Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  30. ^ Zarandi, Oliver (8 September 2014). "Exhibition review: Tell Me Again at Invisible Line gallery". East End Review. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  31. ^ "Homa Arkani exhibition". YouTube. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  32. ^ Burrell, Drucilla. "Cristina Rodrigues Retrospective". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  33. ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (30 July 2013). "Presenting the Nation's Art". Majalla. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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