(B.1987.IR)

Address: Toronto, ON

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”, Toronto, Canada

Training and Workshops Attended

2021 Directing workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"

Acting workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"

2020 Acting workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"

2019 Acting workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"

2018 Acting workshop with "Asghar Farhadi"

Acting workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"

Acting workshop with "Reza Kianian & Hedayat Hashemi"

Acting workshop with " Hatef Alimardani"

Acting Masterclass with "Hooman Seyedi"

Directing workshop with "Mani Haghighi"

2017 Acting Workshop with " Hooman Seyedi"

2016 Introduction to Wearable Media, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

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

2021 A Moment, A Lifetime

Role: Leyla

Director: A short movie by "Kamran Aminian"

Location: Toronto, Canada

2021 O2

Role: Unknown

Director: A short movie By "Ramin Rousta"

Location: Toronto, Canada

2020 You won't See Winter

Role: Rezvaneh

Director: A feature movie by "Abdolreza Kahani"

Location: Toronto, Canada

2019 Dang show ( Music Band)

Music concert

Invited Singer: Ghazal Partou

Location: Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada

In Sundry Languages

Role: Multiple Roles

Director: Art Babayants

Location: Fairview Library Theatre, Toronto, Canada

Dang show ( Music Band)

Music concert At Tirgan Festival

Invited Singer: Ghazal Partou

Location: Harbourfront Centre Theatre

2018 Free Like Air

Second assistant director: Ghazal Partou

Director: A Film by "Abdolreza Kahani"

Writers: Reza Attaran, Abdolreza Kahani

Filming 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: Ghazal Partou

Production manager: Rouzbeh Sharbaf

Location: Toronto City Hall, Canada

That Ugly Mess That Happened in St. Catharines

Co-creator and direction collaborator: Ghazal Partou

Producer: DLT Company

Location: St. Catharine, Canada

Iran Cinema's Tree

A video by: Ghazal Partou

Technical collaboration: Rouzbeh Sharbaf

Location: Toronto, Canada

2015 Tirgan Volunteers video

Idea & Creative Director: 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 Biveh

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 Illustrator, Video Editing, 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