Mahsa Alafar

mahsa alafar is an Iranian artist, educator, and researcher currently residing in the US. Her practice revolves around the concept of the \Body as a Site of Resistance/ against any oppressive entity, whether it’s the patriarchal structures in place in Iran, the Western gaze regarding the Orient, or the culture of supremacy through any means—intellectual, racial, physical, philosophical, ideological, etc.

MFA in studio art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA in Photography from Tehran University

2023
“Fancy a gap” performance, NoNationArtLab, Chicago, IL
2022
“A funeral for Woman, Life,Freedom victims” performance, NoNationArtLab, Chicago, IL
2017
(Underground) Borghe Artspace, Tehran, Iran
2016
(Underground) Kaj Art Space, Tehran, Iran
2015
(Underground) Abi Art Space, Tehran, Iran
2014
“Expired time”, University of Tehran, Iran
2011
“Memorial for my memory”, University of Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2023
“Forgotten”, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2023
“We like small things v.6”, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL
2023
TPS 31: The International Competition, Odessa, TX
2023
Grand Rapids Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
2023
“9th Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Providence, RI
2023
“Body Revealed”, Art Square Gallery, NY
2023
“Conceptual Photography Exhibition”, D’art Gallery, Denver, CO
2022
PINT SIZE: Small Scale Assemblage, Transmission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
“Art through the lens”, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2021
Billboard show, Red bull Arts , Chicago, IL
2021
“JOY, this is just what I needed”, Edward A. Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH
2018
Aleyha Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013
“Maan”, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Collaborative works
2023 “Reclaiming the Orient” with Michael Powell, Silva, Grand Rapids, MI
2021 “Th...