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Ghazaleh Rezaei (born in 1990, Tehran) is an Iranian photographer based in Tehran. She has a PhD in Art Studies from the University of Tehran and obtained both her BFA and MFA in Photography from the same university. Ghazaleh primarily uses photography to address sociocultural issues, leveraging the medium’s technical and aesthetic properties to convey meaning. Her work has been exhibited in Iran, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, and Canada, in both solo and group exhibitions. She is currently on faculty at the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran.
EDUCATION
2023 PhD Visual Art Studies, Department of Art Studies, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran
2017 MA Photography, Department of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran
2013 BFA Photography, Department of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Black Light, 0098 Projects, Tehran, Iran
2018 Light Upon Light, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Or, Selected by Alborz Kazemi, Dastan’s Basement x E1 Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2024 L’eau en Iran, Ithaque, Paris, France
2024 L’eau en Iran, L’Académie Française des Science d’Outre-mer, Paris, France
2023 Let Us Believe in the Down of Spring: Portraits from Iran, Online-Exhibition, Curated by Anahita Sadighi, Fotografiska,Berlin, Germany
2023 Foam Talent 2022, The Cube, The Deutsche Boerse Photography Foundation, Eschborn, Germany
2022 Foam Talent 2022, Curated by Mirelva Berghout, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 A Space to Breath, Curated by Newsha Tavakolian, BredaPhoto 2022, Grote Kerk, Breda, The Netherlands
2019 Unseen Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Inerzia e Forza: Una Seconda Rivoluzione, Photolux, Lucca, Italy
2019 Iran: Visual Poetries, Curated by Claudia Polledri, 10th Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie, Québec, Canada
2019 Small Image, Large Reflection IV, Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2018 Teer Art Fair, with Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran
2018 Home, Jorjani Gallery, Curated by Golnoush Heshmati, Tehran, Iran
2017 Iran Année 38, Curated by Anahita Ghabaian and Newsha Tavakolian, Les Rencontres d’Arles Exhibition, Arles, France
2017 Iran Année 38, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China
2017 Summer Photography Group Exhibition, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 Tehran and Beyond, Curated by Mehrdad Nadjmabadi, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 Winner of the First Prize for the Let Your Redness be Mine Series, First Shahr-e-Ketab Magazine Photo Award Exhibition, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 Long Shot, Curated by Golnoush Heshmati, Jorjani Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2015 Bedtime Stories, Selected by Mehrdad Nadjmabadi, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
AWARDS/FESTIVALS/FAIRS
2022 Foam Talent 2022, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 BredaPhoto Festival, Edition 2022, Breda, Netherlands
2019 Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy
2019 Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 10th Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Gaspésie, Québec, Canada
2018 Teer Art Fair, Tehran, Iran
2018 Fotografia Europea Edizione 2018, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2017 Les Recontres de la Photographie d’Arles, Arles, France
SELECTED PRESS and PUBLICATIONS
2023 Breathing Space: Iranian Women Photographers, Thames & Hudson, London, UK
2023 Espace Vital: Femmes Photographes Iraniennes, Editions Textuel, Paris, France
2023 Espace vital, le Livre Événement sur Trois Générations de Femmes Photographes Iraniennes, Madame Figaro, Paris, France
2023 Espace Vital: L’Iran sous le Regard de 23 Femmes Photographes,Fisheye Magazine, Paris, France
2022 Foam: International Photography Magazine, Talent Issue, Text by: Anahita Ghabaian, No. 61., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Iran Année 38: La photographie Iranienne contemporaine depuis la révolution de 1979, Edition Textuelle, Paris, France
CINEMATOGRAPHY and PHOTOGRAPHY
2018 Goli: A Tale of Threads:a Film by Sara Naimpour, Photographer and Second Cinematographer, Canada/Iran
TEACHING
Currently Faculty member, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran
2022-2024 Visiting Lecturer at Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran