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CV
Parisa Aminolahi
Award winning analog photographer, filmmaker and educator, with a passion for art and teaching. Seeking opportunities in art education, workshop coordination, or creative projects.
Work Experience
•Freelance Artist, represented by Ag Galerie
October 2018 – Present
Created and showcased visual art through solo and group exhibitions. Participated in international art fairs and festivals, such as IDFA and Art Rotterdam
•Freelance Video Editor, The Associated Press
December 2022 – December 2023
Edited video content using Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. Utilized social media platforms for newsgathering and storytelling.
•Art Teacher & Social Media Admin, Aseman Cultural Institute
March 2022 – March 2024, Amstelveen, NL
Taught art and crafts to young Iranian children while managing the institute’s social media presence. Developed engaging content and activities for students, fostering a creative learning environment.
Education
•MA, Documentary Filmmaking, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, 2007
•MA, Animation, Faculty of Cinema and Theatre, University of Art, Tehran, Iran, 2004
•BA, Theatre Stage and Costume Design, Faculty of Cinema and Theatre, University of Art, Tehran, Iran, 2000
Software & Languages
•Video and Photography Editing Software:
Adobe Premiere | Final Cut Pro | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Lightroom
•Languages: English, Dutch, Persian
Photography competition jury member
2024 and 2023: Passepartout Photo Prize
2020: Ag Photography Talent
Workshops/Seminars
2024: Workshop on "Moving Images; Stop Motion and painting on photos" with ISK-DA Vinci City College students, Leiden, The Netherlands
2021: Guest speaker at seminars: Photography Lecture Series, Edinburgh Napier University
2021: Podcast, in conversation with third year photography students at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, during the exhibition; ‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’
Solo Exhibitions
2011: "My Beautiful Iranian Childhood", Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, UK
2010: "Diary of a Self Portrait", Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024: "Tehran Diary" and "Away", part of a group show at Alma Löv Museum of Unexp Art, Sweden
2023: "Stop Motions from the Fragments Series", at Generative Encounters Group exhibition by Sumac Space, During the Berlin Art Week
2022: "Tehran Diary", Passepartout Photo Prize group exhibition, Piazza di Pietra Fine Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021: "Away" at group exhibition "Voyagography, Journey on Photo and Video", Philomena+, during the Vienna Art Week
2020: Gup New Duch Photography Talent of the year, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherland
2020: "Our Quarantine", ICP Concerned, Global Images for Global Crisis, The International Centre of Photography, New York
2019: "My Beautiful Iranian Childhood", "Joint Memory, Photographic Fragments", Fotodok, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2019: "Tehran Diary", PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant, Photo Vogue Festival, BASE, Milan, Italy
Art Fairs/Biennales/Festivals
2024: " A Place to Call Home ", IDFA official selection, Youth Competition
2024: "Stop Motions, from the Fragments Series", Art Rotterdam, Ag Galerie, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2023: "The Year of Woven Dreams", Unseen Photo Fair, Ag Galerie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2022: "Tehran Diary", Unseen Photo Fair, Ag Galerie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2020: "Tehran Diary", Vintage Photo Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2019: "Tehran Diary", Inertia, Force, Second Revolution, curated by Simindokht Dehghani, Photolux Festival, International Biennale of Photography, Ag Galerie, Lucca, Italy
2010: "Cut", The Best of the Iranian Film Festival, De Balie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2007: "I Am HIV Positive", One World Media Bursary Screening, Channel 4 Cinema, London, UK
2007: "Elegy", Channel 4’s Four Docs, London, UK
2005: "Cut", Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
2005: "Cut", KIN, International Women’s Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
2004: "Cut", Tehran International Animation Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
Awards/Honours
2022: "Tehran Diary", winner of the Exhibition Prize of the Passepartout Photo Prize and among the honorable mentions of 3rd and 4th Editions
2021: "Tehran Diary", shortlisted for MACK First Book Award
2021: "Tehran Diary", Haute Photographie talent
2021: "Tehran Diary", Kahmann Gallery Lab talent
2021: "Tehran Diary", GUP New Dutch Photography Talent of the Year Award winner 2020: "Tehran Diary", Firecracker Photographic Grant winner
2020: "Tehran Diary", shortlisted for the First Edition of BUP Book Award
2019: "Tehran Diary", shortlisted for PHmuseum 2019 Women Photographers Grant 2014: "Away", nominated for the Best Dutch shorts, Eye International, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2012: "Away", awarded funding by The Netherlands Film Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2012: Magnum Photos' workshop, under guidance of Alessandra Sanguinetti, Brighton Photo Biennial, UK
2009: "Cut", winner of the Best Short Film Prize, the Iranian Film Festival, Zaandam, the Netherlands
2007: "I Am HIV Positive", awarded the One World Media Student Film Bursary, London, UK 2006: awarded the Chevening Scholarship, London, UK
2005: attended Golden Apricot, Yerevan International Film Festival Talent Campus conducted by Abbas Kiarostami, Atom Egoyan, Krzysztof Zanussi, Yerevan, Armenia
Selected Presentations/Panels/Podcasts
2023: Speaker at online panel discussion with Persian artists and photographers, Los Angels Centre of Photography (LACP)
2020: Podcast, In conversation with Patrycja Rozwora for GUP New Dutch Photography Talent of the Year Award 2021 https://www.gupnew.com/podcastparisa
2020: Discussed ‘Tehran Diary’ with curator Sabina Jaskot-Gill of the National Portrait Gallery https://vimeo.com/436499790
2020: Guest speaker at Taferelen #35, on transnational memory - how does memory function when it travels and gets passed and transformed from a context of one country and culture to another. In conversation with Andrea Stultiens and Daria Tuminas, Fotodok, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2019: Guest speaker at panel discussion on family backgrounds, archives, documentation and continuity. In conversation with Zohra Opoku, Alexia Fiasco, Ekow Eshun, and Maria Pia Bernardoni. Curated by Lagos Photo Festival, during the Unseen Photo Fair, Living Room, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Feature/Print/Media/Publications
2023: Print, Food, by Dito Publication, Tehran Diary
2022: Print, Black+White Photography Magazine, issue NO.268, My Mother, Myself, about Tehran Diary by Donatella Montrone
2021: Print, Contemporary Lynx Magazine, in Q&A in an article-interview by Patrycja Rozwora about the future of art competitions, 2(16)2021
2021: Book, #ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, publisher: G Editions
(Glitterati Editions). Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the International Center of Photography (ICP), New York,October 2020
2021: Online, Living in the moment, post-cinematically, A conversation between Parisa Aminolahi and Adela Lovric, Sumac Space, art practices of the Middle East
2021: Print, GUP Magazine #68, Tehran Diary interview with Patrycja Rozwora
2020: Print, Doc Photo Magazine #46, On Migration and Collective Memory, Tehran Diary, written by Haleh Anvari
2020: A corner with, Quarantine, interviewed by Trine Stephensen
2020: Unseen Platform, The New Project of the Week, "Tehran Diary", interviewed by Ish Doney
2019: Print, Pf Fotografie Magazine #8, zelfportretten vol heimwee, "Scenic Kitchen", by Claire Hoogakker
2019: Marie Claire, Photolux 2019, New Worlds, oltre il muro di Berlino e frontiere, dalla Luna a Marte, by Simona Marani
2019: Print, Eikon, International Magazine for Photography and Media Art #108, Visual art in Iran, by Bernd Fechner
2019: De Volkskrant, slimme groepsexpositie over persoonlijke en collective herinnering en de rol die fotografie daarin speelt
2019: The Guardian, Unseen Amsterdam 2019 - cutting edge of art photography, by Arnel Hecimovic
