Parastoo Anoushahpour

Parastoo Anoushahpour is an Iranian-Canadian moving image artist based in Toronto. She works primarily with video, film and installation.[1][2] Anoushahpour has worked as part of an artist collective since 2013 with Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko.[3][4]

Parastoo Anoushahpour
Born1986
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian/Canadian
EducationBA in Design for Performance from University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London, UK, a diploma from Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK, a MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design from the Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada.
Known forArtist
Websitehttps://www.parastooanoushahpour.com/

Anoushahpour’s artist residencies include the Mohammad and Mahera Abu Ghazaleh Foundation in Jordan, Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture in Spain, Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan, ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics in Germany and the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity in Canada.[2]

Select works

The Time That Separate Us (2022)

The Time that Separates Us depicts the story of Lot's wife through the contemporary Jordan River Valley.[5][6][7]

Charity (2021)

Created by the artist collective of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko, Charity is an interactive documentary that examines a controversy surrounding public art in Markham, Ontario. Charity uses 360° video and photogrammetry to re-tell the community’s "confrontation with a piece of public art".[4]

The Lighthouse (2014)

In Anoushahpour's piece The Lighthouse, two photographs are reproduced as slides and converted into a three-dimensional installation, using a rotating screen and two slide projectors. The images depict a path to a 12th century lighthouse in Dover, UK.[8]

Select Awards

A select list of awards and grants that Parastoo Anoushahpour has been the recipient of:

  • Ontario Arts Council (2019).[2]
  • Honorary Mention, Chooka, Media City Film Festival (2018).[2]
  • Chalmers Arts Fellowship (2018).[2][9]
  • Emerging Media Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council (2018).[2][10]

References
  1. Cooley, Alison (2020). Other Life-formings. Mississauga, Ontario: Blackwood Gallery. p. 32.
  2. Ontiveros, Mario (Fall 2022). "Parastoo Anoushahpour". The Massachusetts Review. 63 (3): 466. doi:10.1353/mar.2022.0069. S2CID 252520753.
  3. "Parastoo Anoushahpour". Media City Film Festival. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. "Canada: NFB and MOCA Toronto partner on digital artwork Charity by Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko. Exploration of an unlikely public art controversy in a Toronto suburb launches online September 29". Asia News Monitor. 8 October 2021. ProQuest 2579672024. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. "Parastoo Anoushahpour Screening and Missed Connections Website Launch". Akimbo. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. Ontiveros, Mario (Fall 2022). ""Parastoo Anoushahpour"". The Massachusetts Review. 63 (3): 476. doi:10.1353/mar.2022.0069. S2CID 252520753.
  7. Hoolboom, Mike (14 September 2022). "An Interview with Parastoo Anoushahpour on Sexuality, Identity, and Language". POV Magazine. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. Cooley, Alison (2020). Other Life-formings. Mississauga, Ontario: Blackwood Gallery. p. 12.
  9. "Chalmers Arts Fellowships". Ontario Arts Council. 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  10. "Grant Recipients 2004-2022 - Toronto Arts Council". Toronto Arts Council. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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