AzhiDahak and the Cow, 2022, Oil on canvas, 72 x 52 in (182.9 x 132.1 cm)
Vault, 2022, Oil on linen, 60 x 42 in (152.4 x 106.7 cm)
Seedlings, 2022, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Murmurings, 2021, Oil on linen, 72 x 50 in (182.9 x 127 cm)
Nocturnal Encounters, 2021, Oil on linen, 72 x 50 in (182.9 x 127 cm)
Ritual, 2021, Oil on linen, 72 x 50 in (182.9 x 127 cm)
Gathering, 2021, Oil on canvas, 72 x 50 in (182.9 x 127 cm)
Spinning, 2021, Oil on canvas, 72 x 50 in (182.9 x 127 cm)
The Reader, 2021, Oil on canvas, 72 x 50 in (182.9 x 127 cm)
Hovering Garden, 2019, Oil on canvas, 70 x 52 in (177.8 x 132.1 cm)
Canopy, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
Subtle Bodies, Installation view, Franz Kaka (Toronto)
Circling Around, 2020, Oil on canvas, 72 x 50 in (182.9 x 127 cm)
Voyager, 2020, Oil on linen, 14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Azadeh Elmizadeh
b. 1987 Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
Education
2020 MFA,University of Guelph, CA
2016 BFA, Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, CA
2010 BFA, Visual Communication and Graphic Design, University of Tehran, Iran
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 Sister Seeds, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2022 Soft Smoke, (with Ella Gonzales) Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, CA
2020 Subtle Bodies, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
Group Exhibitions
2022 Crossings: Itineraries of Encounter, The Blackwood, Mississauga, CA (curated by Noor Bhangu)
2022 Now I am a lake, Public Gallery, London, UK (curated by Rose Nestler)
2021 Halcyon and On and On, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2021 Holding a line in your hand, Kamloops Art Gallery, CA (curated by Charo Neville)
2019 Preface, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2019 Cognizance, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, CA
2018 New Energy, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2017 Faraway, So Close, 26 Art Space, Toronto, CA
2017 Why the &%#! Do You Paint? All the Colour, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CA
2016 Why the &%#! Do You Paint? Go Figure, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CA
2016 Walnut Studios, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto CA
2016 Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz, Mississauga, CA
2016 OCADU 101TH GradeEx, Toronto, CA
2016 Awenda Inspired, OCADU Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, CA
2016 Festival of the Body, OCADU, Toronto, CA
2016 The Big Draw, OCADU, Toronto, CA
2015 Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz, Mississauga, CA
2015 Eat the Menu, Symington House, Toronto, CA
2014 Figure Show, OCADU, Toronto, CA
2013 Impromptu, Gallerywest, Toronto, CA
2010 University of Tehran, Iran
Fairs
2021 Art Toronto, presented by Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2021 The Armory Show, presented by Franz Kaka, New York, NY
2019 Papier, presented by Franz Kaka, Montreal, QC
2017 Art Toronto, OCADU booth, Toronto, CA
Press
2022 Rob Jamieson, ‘Fall Arts Preview’, Elle Canada, October 2022
2021 Tammer El-Sheikh, ‘Azadeh Elmizadeh, A Hundred Times, Why?’, Blackflash Magazine, Issue 38.3
2020 Jayne Wilkinson, ’Azadeh Elmizadeh’ Canadian Art, Winter Issue
2020 Tatum Dooley, ’Azadeh Elmizadeh’s Subtle Bodies’ The Editorial Magazine, November 18
2020 Rosie Prata, ’Seven art galleries to visit across Ontario’ The Globe and Mail, October 24
Publications
2022 Commission (cover and feature) for Emergence Mag, Volume 3
Awards
2020 Joseph Plaskett Award for Painting, the Plaskett Foundation
2019 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2019 Travel, Research and Creation Grant, University of Guelph
2019 Shuebrook Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2018 Tony Scherman Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2018 University Graduate Scholarhsip, University of Guelph