Morehshin Allahyari (Persian: 賲賵乇賴 卮蹖賳 丕賱賱賴蹖丕乇蹖鈥;) A Territory between Death and Life
Date
Thursday November 5, 20204:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
OnlineThis event is part of the Art for Social Change Speaker Series.
Morehshin Allahyari (Persian: 賲賵乇賴 卮蹖賳 丕賱賱賴蹖丕乇蹖鈥;) is an Iranian-Kurdish media artist, activist, and writer based in Brooklyn, New York, who uses computer modeling, 3D scanning, and digital fabrication techniques to explore the intersection of art and activism. Inspired by concepts of collective archiving and cultural contradiction, Allahyari鈥檚 3D-printed sculptures and videos challenge social and gender norms. Her work has been part of numerous exhibitions, festivals, and workshops throughout the world, including the New Museum, MoMa, Centre Pompidou, Venice Biennale di Archittectura, and Museum f眉r Angewandte Kunst among many others. She is the recipient of The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant (2019), The Sundance Institute New Frontier International Fellowship, and the leading global thinkers of 2016 award by Foreign Policy magazine. Her 3D Additivist Manifesto video is in the collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and recently she has been awarded major commissions by The Shed, Rhizome, New Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Liverpool Biennale, and FACT.