Soheila Esfahani

Soheila Esfahani is an Iranian artist and educator currently working in Canada.[1] She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo.[2] She is an assistant professor at Western University.[3] She was the receipt of the Ontario Arts Council Project Grant: Mid career artist[4] Esfahani has also received awards from Canada Council for the Arts, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.[5] Notably, she was nominated for the Jameel Prize at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, UK in 2015.

Artistic career

Esfahani has exhibited numerous shows in Canada and internationally, including:

  • Been T(here) at Red Head Gallery in Toronto, in 2022, Pattern (dis)Placement,
  • Redeemer University College Gallery, 2019 in Ancaster, ON,
  • Interstice, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 2019
  • In-Between, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON. 2016
  • Trans-(across, over, beyond), MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Lab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

Publications
  • Pasiechnik, Jenelle M. Embodied Engagements: The Artwork of Jamelie Hassan & Soheila Esfahani in Translations, Exhibition catalogue, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC. 2020
  • The Living River Project: Art, water and Possible Worlds exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON. 2019
  • The Source: Rethinking Water Through Contemporary Art exhibition catalogue, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 2017
  • Embracing Place exhibition catalogue, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON. 2017
  • The Red Head Gallery at 25 exhibition catalogue, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2017
  • Matotek, Jennifer ed. Material Girls. London, UK: Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2015.

Footnotes
  1. "Soheila Esfahani". Culture and Language Studies. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. "Soheila Esfahani". Rungh Cultural Society. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  3. "Soheila Esfahani". EMBASSY CULTURAL HOUSE. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. "SOHEILA ESFAHANI – The L. Project". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  5. "SOHEILA ESFAHANI – The L. Project". Retrieved 2022-03-29.
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