Education

January 2022 – May 2025
MFA Candidate in Graphic Design, Florida Atlantic University

September 2012 – August 2017
BA in Cinema Editing, Tehran University of Art, Iran

Academic Experience

August 2023 – December 2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant & Undergraduate Course Instructor, Visual Arts & Art History Department
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, Florida Atlantic University
Responsibilities: Teaching Visual Design Lab 4 (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024). The context of the course is motion design using Adobe After Effects, Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.

January 2022 – December 2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Visual Arts & Art History Department
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, Florida Atlantic University
Responsibilities: Computer Lab Proctoring, Equipment Inventory, and Promotional Video Creation.

June 2018 – January 2020        
Illustration & Painting Instructor, Jahan Koodak Institute, Tehran, Iran
Instruct adults and children on the fundamental skills and techniques for illustration and painting.

Special Academic Projects

January 2023 – April 2023
Google Collaborative Project – Deployable and Reconfiguring Architecture
Responsibilities: Part of the geometry group that did 3D modeling prototypes of a deployable, light, and reproducible habitat structure, whereas Google employees could collect data on specific locations and regions while understanding the population’s needs.

Professional Experience

June 2018 – January 2020
Illustrator, Graphic Designer & Photographer, Papco Company, Tehran, Iran

June 2018 – January 2020
Costume Illustrator, CNT House Company, Tehran, Iran
Illustrated costumes and edited photos for the band “Damahi.”

Honors And Awards

• April 2023 – Broward County Cultural Division Fort Lauderdale Airport Grant, Terminal 1, Concourse C
• March 2023 – Esther Saylor Rothenberger Endowed Scholarship for Humanities Award, Florida Atlantic University
• March 2023 – Frieland Graduate Project Grant, Florida Atlantic University
• March 2022 – Esther Saylor Rothenberger Endowed Scholarship for Humanities Award, Florida Atlantic University
• March 2022 – Frieland Graduate Project Grant, Florida Atlantic University
• March 2019 – Best Poster Designer, 33rd Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland
• April 2018 – Best Poster Designer, 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
• August 2012 – 71/16000 ranking for National Universities Entrance Exam, Tehran University of Art, Iran

Solo Exhibition

July 2024 – December 2024
Fort Lauderdale Airport, Terminal 1, Concourse C
Project Title: The Transition (Video Art Installation) Press: Broward Arts Calendar, News and Stories

Group Exhibitions

August 2024
Exhibition: Chroma Art Film Festival
Superblue, Miami, FL
Project Title: IPD(Interactive Real-Time Installation) Press: RAINBOW OASIIIS X SUPERBLUE

March 2024
Exhibition: Students Juried Exhibition
Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, FL
Project Title: Ramen Cartier (3D Video Installation)

February 2023
Exhibition: Transcend Tomorrow
Ritter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, FL
Project Title: The Transition (3D Video Installation)

December 2022         
Exhibition: Postscript 12
BRIC, Boca Raton, FL
Project Title: The Opposition – Series #2 (B & W, Image Processing, Frame Export)

October 2019          
Exhibition: Iranian Women in Art
Sa’dabad Palace, Tehran, Iran
Project Title: Samak-e Ayyar

Publications (Group)

Remarque Magazine, Spring 2022, Issue 10, pg. 50
Project Title: The Opposition – Series #1 (B & W, Image Processing, Frame Export)