Tara Aghdashloo
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Born | Tehran, Iran | 5 January 1988
Nationality | Iranian, Canadian |
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Website | www |
Tara Aghdashloo (Persian: تارا آغداشلو; born 5 January 1988) is an Iranian-Canadian writer, director, producer and curator based in London. 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.[2]
Biography
Tara Aghdashloo was born 5 January 1988 in Tehran, to architect Firouzeh "Fay" Athari and painter Aydin Aghdashloo.[3][4] When she was in high school her family moved to Toronto, Canada.[2]
Work
Film and television
As a journalist, director, producer, Tara has worked with Channel 4 News,[5][better source needed] and BBC World.[6][7] She wrote, directed and produced Value of Contemporary Art,[8] Riksdag,[9] Ticket documentary-series,[10] and the seven-part docuseries City Map,[11] 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.[12] Starting in 2017 she independently produced and directed on her debut feature documentary, Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father.[13][14] In 2019, she directed the music video 'Circles' for Choubi by Yasmine Hamdan [15] and commercials [16] as well.
Writing
Her poetry has appear in English language[17] and Persian[18] magazines, and her poetry collection, This is Not a Pomegranate, was published by Shahrvand Publications in 2011.[19] Her essays, articles and reviews have been published in The Guardian,[20] REALLIFE Magazine,[21] The New Inquiry,[22] Tank Magazine,[23] Autodidact Magazine,[24] Ibraaz,[25] Fashion Magazine,[26] ArtRabbit,[27] Ottawa Citizen, Future Fossil Flora Magazine,[28] Reorient Magazine,[29]BULLETT[30] and Capsule 98 [31] among others. Tara wrote the lyrics for King Raam's debut solo album, Songs of The Wolves.[32]
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.[33][34] In 2017 she curated a retrospective of Portuguese artist Cristina Rodrigues in Castelo Branco Museum.[35] She frequently reviews art especially by Iranian and Middle Eastern artists.[36]
Filmography
Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Value of Contemporary Art | documentary film | Director, cast (as self) | |
2020 | Chiaroscuro: Capturing My Father | documentary film | Writer, director, producer, cast (as self) | Documentary about her father, Aydin Aghdashloo and their relationship.[37] |
References
- ^ "Style Talk, Meet Tara Aghdashloo". Les Belles Heures. June 1, 2017. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "NASTY WOMAN: Tara Aghdashloo (Writer & Filmmaker)". The Cultural Curator. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ Fassihi, Farnaz; Porter, Catherine (2020-11-02). "Famed Iranian Artist Under #MeToo Cloud Faces Art World Repercussions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ^ "Style Talk, Meet Tara Aghdashloo". Les Belles Heures. June 1, 2017. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
my own father Aydin Aghdashloo,
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Channel 4 News Instagram in Iran, 2018". Channel 4 Youtube. December 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "BBC World Restoration at V&A". Vimeo. December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC World London's Arcola Theatre". October 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Value of Contemporary Art,2016". Channel 4. December 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Riksdag: Democracy in Sweden, 2016". Manoto. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Ticket Series: Stockholm (Ep 4), 2015". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Small World Series: Barcelorna (Ep 7), 2014". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Samteno – Speaking Publicly About Cancer. 2014". Manoto. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Aydin The Movie, 2020". Aydin The Movie. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Chiaroscuro: Capturing my Father".
- ^ "Circles for Choubi,2019". Vimeo. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Henriette Von Gruenberg,2019". Vimeo. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara. "Things I Have Heard". Literal Vagrant. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara. "Poems in Pishomare". Persian Gulf Club. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Taheri, Farah (2011-06-30). "این یک انار نیست". Shahrvand. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (14 February 2014). "Hadi Hazavei: 'Art doesn't have a border'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (20 April 2017). "New Skin". Real Life Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (17 December 2017). "The Floral Is the Political". The New Inquiry. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (2017). "A dark contrast". Tank (73). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Contributors". Autodidact Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (27 February 2014). "Notes on Women in Iranian Art". Ibraaz (6). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (28 February 2017). "Baddest Babes of Iran". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (4 September 2017). "'Roya's Delight: A Short Story'". Future Fossil Flora Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (22 October 2018). "East Meets West". Reorient Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (4 June 2013). "Introducing Helen Chadwicks Provocative Art to a New Generation/". BULLETT. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (28 October 2020). "The day we moved: Director Tara Aghdashloo reflects on her childhood home in Tehran". Capsule 98 Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "King Raam". Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Zarandi, Oliver (8 September 2014). "Exhibition review: Tell Me Again at Invisible Line gallery". East End Review. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Homa Arkani exhibition". YouTube. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Burrell, Drucilla. "Cristina Rodrigues Retrospective". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Aghdashloo, Tara (30 July 2013). "Presenting the Nation's Art". Majalla. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Chiaroscuro: Capturing My Father". cinando.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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External links
- Official website
- Tara Aghdashloo at IMDb
- Tara Aghdashloo (2018) in Harpers Bazaar Arabia magazine