Iranian-born visual artist and educator Mohadese Movahed focuses on painting as the core of her studio practice. She earned her BFA from the University of Science and Culture in Tehran, Iran, and completed her MFA at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 2020. Now based in Vancouver, Movahed teaches at Vancouver Film School (VFS) and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally including at Art Mûr in Montreal, Inselgalerie in Berlin, CICA Vancouver, Shirin Art Gallery in Tehran, Two Rivers Gallery and The Reach Gallery Museum in British Columbia. She is a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant and a "Rising Star" awardee of the CICA Vancouver & Jelina Couture International Art Awards 2025.

Education:

  • Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Regina, SK, Canada 2017-2020

  • Bachelor of Painting, University of Science and Culture (USC), Tehran, Iran, 2007-2011

Solo Exhibitions:

  • ·  “Voices of Feathers, Voices of Daggers”, Art Mur, Montreal, January 2025

  • “The Burden of Street”, Kasko Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2022

  • "Art on Demand, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, 2020

  • MFA Graduating exhibition “If You See A Cypress...”, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, Canada, 2019

  • “The Double Chamber”, Sohrab Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2016

Group Exhibitions:

Including but not limited to:

  • · Fragments of Passage, CICA Vancouver x Jelina Couture International Award, CICA Vancouver,

    BC, Nov 2024

  • The Emerge 10th Anniversary, Reach Gallery and Museum, Abbotsford, BC, July 2024

  • “Unveiling Honour,” Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver, Canada, March 2023

  • “Woman, Life, Freedom,” Sahar Boluki Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada, March 2023

  • “Immigration: A Conversation, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC, Canada, Aug 2022

  • What We Leave Behind”, Fort Gallery, Fort Langley, BC, Canada, Aug 2022

  • Immigration: A Conversation, Northern BC touring exhibition curated by the curatorial team at the Two Rivers Gallery, Northern BC, Canada, Aug 2022

  • Carry-On, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada, 2021

  • SCOUT 2021, Galleri Heike Arndt DK, Kettinge, Denmark, October 2021

  • Posteriori, Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, July 2021

  • Fresh Legs 2021, Galleri Heike Arndt DK and INSELGALERIE, Berlin, June 2021

  • Miniprint Kazanlak Exhibition, Kazanlak, Bulgaria, June 2021

  • Arts on the Move Online, Curated by the Organizations of Saskatchewan Arts Council, Regina, SK, November 2020

  • “Anthology”, Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 2018

  • “Practice”, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada, 2018

  • “Fresh paint/New construction”, Art Mur, Montreal, Canada, 2018

  • Group exhibition, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, 2013

  • “New generation” (Montakhab-E Nasle-E No) annual juried exhibition, Shirin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013

  • Group Painting Exhibition, Vali Art Gallery, Tehran, 2013

  • Damounfar Painting biennial, Mellat Gallery and Cineplex, 2012

  • Group Exhibition Curated by Association of Iranian Painters (AIP), Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran, Iran, 2011

Publishes:

  • Friend Of Artists, #17, Fall 2023

  • Suboart Magazine, #3, April 2023

  • The Huts Magazine, #4, US, March 2022

  • Tide Magazine, #1, Paris, France, June 2021

  • Yolk Literary, # 1.2, Montreal, Canada, March 2021

  • Art Reveal Magazine, # 53, UK, 2020

  • Fourth PishNegah’s book of the year, Iran, 2019

  • Seventh Annual book of the “New Generation (Montakhab-E Nasle-E No), Iran, 2013

Residencies:

  • Emerging Visual Arts Intensive Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada, March 2021

    Awards:

  • Rising Star Award, CICA Vancouver x Jelina Couture International Award, CICA Vancouver,

    BC, Jan 2025

  • Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada, 2023

  • Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Outstanding Artist Award, Mr. Jarislowsky and Mrs. Merilees Jarislowsky, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, 2020

  • One of the two selected artists for the Culture Days Saskatchewan Steamroller Printing Award, Articulate Ink, Regina, SK, Canada, 2019

  • University of Regina Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship, 2017-2018-2019

  • University of Regina Graduate Student Travel Award, fall 2018

  • Mr. Donald O. Dunlop and Mrs. Marjorie Annie Dunlop Graduate Scholarship in Visual Arts, University of Regina, fall 2017

  • University of Regina Entrance Scholarship, 2017

Murals:

  • Uprising Sonata, Punjabi Market Collective, Vancouver, August 2023