Neda Moridpour

Neda Moridpour
Born Iran
Nationality Iranian-American
Education Otis College of Art and Design
Known for Artist - digital, performance, lens-based art


Neda Moridpour is an Iranian American artist,[1] educator, and cofounder of the artist-activist collaboratives "Louder than Words"[2][3] and "Part Collective."[4] Moridpour's work crosses boundaries and disciplines to explore urban realities and social issues. Her art transforms the mundane via roundtable discussions, performative and visual interventions, and other practices which are lens-based.[5]

Early life and education

Moridpour was born and raised in Iran.[6] She got her BS in Computer Software Engineering in Iran and she is an MFA graduate from the Public Practice program at Otis College of Art and Design.

Career

Moridpour's work has been exhibited in the USA, Iran, and China. In 2014 she was invited by WCA International Caucus for Art to participate in a feminist group show in China titled "Half The Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art".[7] In 2013 her collaboration with A Window Between Worlds as the lead artist for "I Can We Can" Socially Engaged Art project, engaged more than 400 participants in Los Angeles and 26,000 worldwide,[8] and was exhibited at the Gallery Neuartig in San Pedro, LA.[9] Her work was included in the 2015 exhibition Seeing the invisible:life on the street.[10] In 2014, her video installation, The Sky Is Always Mine, No Matter Where I Am, was part of an exhibit in the Begovich Gallery at California State University.[11] Moridpour works with many socially–active organizations such as Peace Over Violence and Downtown Women's Shelter in Los Angeles, Omid Foundation, Sepas and Samar in Tehran.[5] She has extensive experience facilitating workshops and roundtables on gender based violence and continues to work as an anti-violence and human rights activist.[1][2]

As of April 2017, Moridpour is a full-time visiting faculty member at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (SMFA) in Boston.[12] She is the founding director of [P]art Collective, winner of the first[13] and second at Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival in 2012 and 2013.[13]

Honors and awards

• International Women's Caucus for Art 2014, Honor Roll Awardee. Honoring her work with Louder than Words gender-based violence.[14] She was named a 2014 award recipient by the Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists in the Visual Arts, Craft & Literary Arts Round.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Corrigan, Kelly (February 24, 2016). "Art exhibit at Glendale Community College tackles sexual assault and domestic violence". Glendale News-Press. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "On Our Radar". Creative Capital. September 30, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Corrigan, Kelly (2016-02-24). "Art exhibit at Glendale Community College tackles sexual assault and domestic violence". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  4. ↑ Bachman, S. A.; Moridpour, Neda (2015-05-04). "Louder Than Words". Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. 12 (2): 164–166. doi:10.1080/15505170.2015.1055410. ISSN 1550-5170.
  5. 1 2 Moawad, Sarah (April 8, 2013). "Activism Meets Art at [P]art Collective". Muftah. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ Vankin, Deborah (2013-03-19). "For artist Marie Rim, burkas a fitting way to spark dialogue". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Half the Sky in China". Northern California Women's Caucus for Art. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Farsi Show - 02.25.16 - Neda Moridpour - KPCRadio.com". KPCRadio.com. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  9. ↑ "A Window between Worlds Launches 'I Can We Can' with Gallery Neuartig". Entertainment Close-Up. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2017 – via HighBeam Research. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ Mace, Joanne; Roche, Joanna; Henger, Sue; Nicholas and Lee Begovich Gallery (2015-01-01). Seeing the invisible: life on the street. ISBN 0935314989.
  11. ↑ Barton, Dave (2014-10-02). "Hiding In Plain Sight in New Cal State Fullerton Exhibit". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  12. ↑ "SMFA Faculty - Neda Moridpour". SMFA Boston. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "The Voided Loom: Kelardasht's Carpet". Farhang Film Festival (in Urdu). Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ "International Caucus Honor Roll: 2014 Honorees". Women's Caucus Art. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "LOUDER THAN WORDS (S.A. Bachman+Neda Moridpour)". Center for Cultural Innovation. 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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