PAYAM MOFIDI

Payam Mofidi
1980 Tehran, Iran

Education
2009 MA, Animation, L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), Paris, France
2005 BA, Graphic Design, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Cohesive Disorder, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Destroyed Memories, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 There Is No Foreign Lands. It Is the Traveler Who Is Foreign, Interactive video installation, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran    
2013 The sea. Smiles from Far off. Teeth of Foam. Lips of Sky, OBORO, Montréal, Canada
2013 The MOP CAP 2013 Shortlist Exhibition, Dubai, UAE
2012 Ville Imaginaire, Les Territoires Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2012 Close to My Heart, Digital Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
2012 Regard Perçant sur l’Iran, CINEMATICA, Montreal, Canada
2012 ECLECTIK 2012, M.A.I, Montreal, Canada
2012 The Invisible Present, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 Iran via Video Current, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA
2011 Pulso Iraniano Iranian Contemporary Art, Oi Futuro Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011 Aubette, Strasbourg, France
2010 Maison de Métallos, Paris, France
2009 Paris 18th District’s Town Hall, Paris, France                           
2005 Aban Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 6th Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2001 Tarahan Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Festivals
2014 Festival du nouveau cinéma, FNC LAB, Montreal, Canada
2012 Festival International Montreal en Arts (FIMA), Montreal, Canada
2011 Without Borders Film Festival, Rome, Italy
2011 Cologne OFF, Arad Art Museum, Arad, Romania
2010 Temps d’images, La ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée, France
2010 Animated Film Festival, Yokohama, Japan
2010 Rythmetic International Festival of Experimental Animation, Begles, France
2010 Projection in the Short Films evening, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Projection in the Short Films evening "Iran vs (Iran etc.)”, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Clermont – Ferrand Short Film Festival, Clermont – Ferrand, France

Short Films
2009 Poéticide, animated short film, L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), France
2006 Subito, animated short film, L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), France

Grants and Awards
2014 CALQ grant for video artists, Quebec, Canada
2014 SODEC grant for visual artists, Montreal, Canada
2012 Magic of Persia contemporary art prize, Dubai, UAE
2012 M.A.I.-PRIM grant, collaborated with Ila Firouzabadi, Montreal, Canada
2010 Jury Special Prize, Rythmetic International Festival, Begles, France