Ghazal Partou
(B.1987.IR)
Address: Toronto, ON
E-mail:
EDUCATION
2006 - 2010 B.A. In Sculpture, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
2002 - 2004 Diploma of Graphic Design, Azadegan Art School, Tehran, Iran
2007 Certificate in Acting, Karnameh Institute of Arts and Culture, Tehran, Iran
2010 Certificate in Theatrical Media Makeup, Center for Young Filmmakers, Tehran, Iran
2013 Certificate of Attendance, for completion scriptwriting workshop with
Oscar-winning director “ASGHAR FARHADI”
AWARDS and accomplishments
2015 Jury member of art RBC Arts Access fund for newcomer artists
Winner of the third TELUS Newcomer Artist Award, Toronto, Canada
2014 Finalists for the second TELUS Newcomer Artist Award, one of the
Outstanding Vision Awards of Toronto Arts Foundation
2011 1st Prize, The 6th National Sculpture Biennial of Tehran, Iran
1st Prize, The 2nd Annual Online Iranian Contemporary Art Competition | Persbook
2010 Best Acting Teacher Award, School Theatre Festival, Tehran, Iran
1st Prize, Playwriting and Directing (my play: White Bird in the Mirror), School Theatre Festival, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED CREDITS /Theatre, Cinema, Performance Art
2018 Free Like Air
Role: Second assistant director
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Writers: Reza Attaran, Abdolreza Kahani
Location: Toronto, Canada
2017 ARASH
Role: Arash
Director: Soheil Parsa
Location: Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, Canada
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Role: Billy
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Location: Glendon Theatre, Toronto, Canada
2016 One-way Ticket
An interactive performance by Ghazal Partou
Production manager: Rouzbeh Sharbaf
Location: Toronto City Hall, Canada
That Ugly Mess That Happened in St. Catharines
Roll: Co-creator and direction collaborator
Producer: DLT Company
Location: St. Catharine, Canada
2015 Tirgan Volunteers video
Idea & Creative Direcroe: Ghazal Partou
Producer: Yazdan Tabrizi
Location: Toronto, Canada
Cut out project –An installation designed by Ghazal Partou
Location: Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
In Mane To
Role: Vafa
Director: Elham Yousefi
Location: Espace 4001 Berri in Montreal, Quebec
2014 Two Ducks in The Fog
Role: Maria - Akram
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Location: Toronto ,Montreal ,Ottawa, Canada
At This Very Moment - An Antiwar Freeze Flash Mob by Ghazal Partou
Location: Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada
Once Upon a Time I had a friend - Video Performance by Ghazal Partou
Location: OFF Studio - Tehran, Iran
Two Ducks in The Fog
Role: Maria - Akram
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Location: Atelier RZLBD, Bayview Village, Toronto, Canada
2013 Moment of Silence
Role: Shiva
Playwright and Director: Mohammad Yaghoubi
Location: Hart House Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Operatic Narration of Arash the Archer
Role: Arash
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Creator: Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT)
Location: WestJet Stage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
The Man Who Was Mistaken For Grass
Roles: Flight attendant, Hotel receptionist, Student, Crazy Professor, Airline Secretary
Director: Ebrahim Poshtkouhi
Location: Tehran, Iran
We Disappear - A Video Performance by Ghazal Partou
Location: Dastan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 khatme bive
Role: Writer's wife
Playwright and Director: Nima Dehghani
Location: Tehran, Iran
2010 White Bird In The Mirror
Playwright and Director: Ghazal Partou
Location: School Theatre Festival, Tehran, Iran
2008 Dog Sweat (winner at Rome International Film Festival and Austin Film Festival in 2010)
Role: Homeless girl
Director: Hossein Keshavarz
2007 The Customer Is Not Available
Role: Sara
Director: Reza Kamali
Location: Tehran, Iran
2006 Goodbye Beautiful
Role: Theatre photographer
Director: Ahmad kamyabi Mask
Location: Tehran, Iran
Urfa
Role: Theatre photographer
Director: Azadeh Shah Moayeri
Location: Ninth International Festival of Student Theatre, Tehran, Iran
City Lights
Role: Theatre photographer
Playwright and Director: Arash Tanhayi
Location: Ninth International Puppet Festival –Tehran, Iran
The Wall
Role: Pregnant woman
Director: Salman Farkhondeh
Location: Shiraz, Iran
SELECTED CREDITS / Sculpture, Design
2013 We Disappear | Video performance | Dastan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Without Border 3 | Persbook Art, 3rd Exhibition | the House Of Artists Gallery | Tehran, Iran
2011 6th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial | Tehran, Iran
Persbook Art, 2nd Annual Iranian Contemporary Art | Tehran, Iran
2010 Mere Imagination |Solo Sculpture Exhibition | Fravahr Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2nd Urban Sculpture Biennial | Tehran, Iran
2009 Group Exhibition | Khark Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 5th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial | Tehran, Iran
ACTIVITIES
2010-2011 Acting Teacher, Mahdavi Guidance School, Tehran, Iran
1998-2002 Member, Youth Group of the Madaran Emrooz (MAM) Institute, Tehran, Iran
1998-2001 Volunteer Writer for The Talking Doll magazine, Tehran, Iran
SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
Computer Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Indesign, Movie Maker, Microsoft Office Programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Printmaking: Etching, Aquatint, Mezzotint, Linoleum, Woodcut, Monoprint, dry-point, Monotype, Screenprinting
Photography: Analog photography, Digital photography, Photographic printing, Printing on black-and-white paper, Photo Editing
Painting: Oil, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Vitray
Sculpture: Lost-wax casting, Moulding techniques, Casting, Relief, Sramek, Glass
2010 - present
2010 - present