Azadeh Elmizadeh
b. 1987 Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
Education
2020 MFA,University of Guelph, Canada
2016 BFA, Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2010 BFA, Visual Communication and Graphic Design, University of Tehran, Iran
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 tbd, Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada
2022 tbd, (with Ella Gonzales) Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
2020 Subtle Bodies, Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2021 Halcyon and On and On, Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada
2021 Holding a line in your hand, Kamloops Art Gallery, Canada
2019 Preface, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Canada
2019 Cognizance, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2018 New Energy, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Canada
2017 Faraway, So Close, 26 Art Space, Toronto, Canada
2017 Why the &%#! Do You Paint? All the Colour, Gladstone HotelL, Toronto, Canada
2016 Why the &%#! Do You Paint? Go Figure, Gladstone HotelL, Toronto, Canada
2016 Walnut Studios, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto Canada
2016 Experiencing Perspectives, Mereds Benz, Mississauga, Canada
2016 OCADU 101TH GradeEx, Toronto, Canada
2016 Awenda Inspired, OCADU Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2016 Festival of the Body, OCADU, Toronto, Canada
2016 The Big Draw, OCADU, Toronto, Canada
2015 Experiencing Perspectives, Mereds Benz, Mississauga, Canada
2015 Eat the Menu, Symington House, Toronto, Canada
2014 Figure Show, OCADU, Toronto, Canada
2013 Impromptu, Gallerywest, Toronto, Canada
2010 University of Tehran, Iran
Fairs
2021 Art Toronto, presented by Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada
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, Canada
Press
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
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