Rojin Shafiei (b.1993)
contact@rojinshafiei.com
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EDUCATION
2020 MFA Candidate in Film Production. York University. Toronto, Canada
2017 BFA- Intermedia. Concordia University. Montreal, Canada
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 Faculty of Graduate Studies OSOTF Bursaries
2022 30 artists under 30 year old Award (30x30). Chosen by Hossein Farmani (Founder of Luci Foundation in NY). Tehran, Iran
Jury Award, Cecinema.Tuscany, Italy
2021 Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarships(SSHRC). Toronto, Canada
2020 York U Graduate Fellowship. Toronto, Canada
2019 Quebec Council of Art’s travel grant. Montreal, Canada
VeniceLands Art Prize Candidate. Treviso, Italy
2018 Startupfest Grand Prize, Artup Section. Montreal, Canada
2017 Individual Special Project Grants, Concordia University’s Fine Arts Student Alliance
SCREENINGS
2023 New Toronto Works Program at Pleasure Dome. Toronto, Canada
Trinity Square Video. Toronto, Canada
Tirgan Festival. Toronto, Canada
Cinema Farhangian Program. Cologne, Germany
Video Art Miden. Kalamata, Greece
Sehsüchte International Film Festival. Potsdam, Germany
le Festival Accès Asie. Montreal, Canada
Images Festival. Toronto, Canada
Goethe-Instutut im Exil. Berlin, Germany
2022 Instant Video Numériques et Poétiques. Marseille, France
Cecinema Film Festival. Tuscany, Italy
Self-exiled Voices. Curated by Parya Vatankhah. Grenoble University Galler. Grenoble, France
2021 Iran Through Different Lenses. Orgnized by FMIK Berlin at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany
2020 Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient. Paris, France
2019 Limited Access 8 International Video Art Festival. Tehran, Iran
Les ouvers dans les arts vivants. Paris VIII University. Paris, France
Festival International de Vidéo de Casablanca. Casablanca, Morocco
Le Mup- Festival international de court métrage. Montreal, Canada
2018 Instant Video Numériques et Poétiques. Marseille, France
Montreal Feminist Film Festival. Montreal, Canada
Les Filministes. Montreal, Canada
Input Documentary Film Festival. Hilversum, Netherlands
Lancements en présence des réalisatrices by GIV. Montreal, Canada
2017 Mzansi Women’s Film Festival. Johannesburg, South Africa
Toronto Film Week. Toronto, Canada
Limited Access 7 Video Festival. Tehran, Iran
Montreal Underground Film Festival. Montreal, Canada
Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois (RDCQ). Montreal, Canada
Lancements en présence des réalisatrices by GIV. Montreal, Canada
2015 Josiah Media Film Festival. San Antonio, USA
..SOLO EXHIBITIONS.
2021 I Was There. 319272 Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2020 Time. Aknoon Gallery. Esfahan, Iran
2018 J’attends le temps, Ada X. Montreal, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Myth of 4\افسانه ۴. Hamzianpour&Kia Gallery. Los Angeles, USA
Resilient Voices. Art Souterrain Festival. Montreal, Canada
2021 Burning Wings curated by Odile Burluraux. Asia Now Paris Art Fair. Paris, France
MTL Connect. Printemps Numerique. Montreal, Canada| Brussels, Belgium
Eclipsed Body, Harmful Space curated by Parya Vatankhah. Oodaaq Festival. Renne, France
Walking curated by Project.Sefr based in San-Fransisco. Online
My Very Favorite Things. Curated by Narges Hamzianpour. The Lodge Gallery. Los Angeles, USA
2020 Liminal: Interstices Between and Betwixt. Beaver Hall Gallery. Toronto, Canada
In C:overt, Curated by Dongshisangyoung. Seoul, South Korea
2019 Self-portraits. Fabrica Permanent Collection. Treviso, Italy
Artupfest/Startupfest. Montreal, Canada
Beyond Borders. VeniceLand Art Peize Exhibition. Treviso, Italy
I Blink My Eyes to Keep the Time. Beaver Hall Gallery. Toronto, Canada
Untitled. NeverApart Gallery. Montreal, Canada
2018 Beyond the Hashtags, HTMLLES Biennale. Montreal, Canada
Lanterne, 4001 Berri. Montreal, Canada
2017 Four Hundred, Eastern Bloc. Montreal, Canada
Interim, l’École des Beaux Arts. Montreal, Canada
RESIDENCIES
2023 La Chambre Blanche. Quebec City, Canada
2022 Ray Ferris Creative Tech Springboard, Daniel Launchpad Toronto. Toronto, Canada
2019 Fabrica Research Center. Treviso, Italy
2018 OBORO, Ada XX and GIV. Montreal, Canada
PERFORMANCES
2022 Inside me | Outside You. Lamush Art Space. Toronto, Canada
2022 Sisterhood. Special program at Art Toronto in solidarity with Iranian people. Toronto, Canada
2022 Women Life Freedom. Nuit Blanche Toronto. Daniel’s Launchpad. Toronto, Canada
2018 J’attends le temps/I wait for the time, Lenterne 4001 Berri. Montreal, Canada
CURATIONAL AND PROGRAMMING
2022 Home to be. In collaboration with Instant Video festival in France. Aknoon Gallery. Esfahan, Iran
2021 Somewhere… . Video Programming. Du Vert a l’infini Festival. Franche-Comte, France
2018 Better Life. Video Programming at Groupe Intervention Video. Montreal, Canada
ARTIST TALKS
2023 Visiting Artist. Concordia University, Intermedia Department. Montreal, Canada
2022 Accessibility and immigration commissioned by Art Souterrain Festival. Montreal, Canada
2021 Sights to Listen. Commissioned by THANKS FOR NOTHING. Asia Now Paris. Paris, France
Whose future? Emerging Artists in a Post-Pandemic. Printemps Numerique. Montreal, Canada
Artist Talk for Walking Exhibition. Online
2020 Visiting Artist. Concordia University, Intermedia Department. Montreal, Canada
2019 About Iran and Art. Fabrica Research Center. Treviso, Italy
2018 J’attends le temps/I wait for the time, Ada X. Montreal, Canada
JURY COMMITTEES
2023 Canada Council of Concept to Realization Committee. Ottawa, Canada
Canada Council of Art. Research Creation Committee. Ottawa, Canada
2022 Ontario Art Council of Art. Media Art Application Judge. Toronto, Canada
2018 Toronto Art House Film Festival. Toronto, Canada
PRESS
2022 Don't let the protests fade away': The Iranian-Canadian artists showing solidarity with women in Iran, CBC Art.
2019 The Six Hundred Magazine, Special Issue: Time
NEVER APART PRESS, Bradley Grill, First-Ever Artupfest Winner
2018 Studio XX, Renata Azevedo Moreira, Self-Revelation in Creation: The Living Performativity of Rojin Shafiei
TEACHING
2022 Teaching Assistant. Introduction to scriptwriting. York University. Toronto, Canada
2020 Digital Art Instructor for kids and teens. Canadian Contemporary School of Art. Toronto, Canada
2018 Portraits of Parents by Kids, A photography workshop for kids, Studio XX. Montreal, Canada
2017 Teaching Assistant, Improvisation with Objects’ Sounds for Kids, Rock Camp for Girls and Gender
Nonconforming. Montreal, Canada
DISTRIBUTION
2016 Groupe Intervention Video (GIV). Montreal, Canada