Parastoo Anoushahpour
Born1986
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian/Canadian
EducationBA in Design for Performance from University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London, UK, a diploma from Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK, a MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design from the Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada.
Known forArtist
Websitehttps://www.parastooanoushahpour.com/

Parastoo Anoushahpour is an Iranian-Canadian moving image artist based in Toronto. She works primarily with video, film and installation.[1][2] Anoushahpour has worked as part of an artist collective since 2013 with Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko.[3][4]

Anoushahpour’s artist residencies include the Mohammad and Mahera Abu Ghazaleh Foundation in Jordan, Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture in Spain, Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan, ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics in Germany and the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity in Canada.[2]

Select works

The Time That Separate Us (2022)

The Time that Separates Us depicts the story of Lot's wife through the contemporary Jordan River Valley.[5][6][7]

Charity (2021)

Created by the artist collective of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko, Charity is an interactive documentary that examines a controversy surrounding public art in Markham, Ontario. Charity uses 360° video and photogrammetry to re-tell the community’s "confrontation with a piece of public art".[4]

The Lighthouse (2014)

In Anoushahpour's piece The Lighthouse, two photographs are reproduced as slides and converted into a three-dimensional installation, using a rotating screen and two slide projectors. The images depict a path to a 12th century lighthouse in Dover, UK.[8]

Select Awards

A select list of awards and grants that Parastoo Anoushahpour has been the recipient of:

  • Ontario Arts Council (2019).[2]
  • Honorary Mention, Chooka, Media City Film Festival (2018).[2]
  • Chalmers Arts Fellowship (2018).[2][9]
  • Emerging Media Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council (2018).[2][10]

References

  1. ↑ Cooley, Alison (2020). Other Life-formings. Mississauga, Ontario: Blackwood Gallery. p. 32.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ontiveros, Mario (Fall 2022). "Parastoo Anoushahpour". The Massachusetts Review. 63 (3): 466. doi:10.1353/mar.2022.0069. S2CID 252520753.
  3. ↑ "Parastoo Anoushahpour". Media City Film Festival. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Canada: NFB and MOCA Toronto partner on digital artwork Charity by Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko. Exploration of an unlikely public art controversy in a Toronto suburb launches online September 29". Asia News Monitor. 8 October 2021. ProQuest 2579672024. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Parastoo Anoushahpour Screening and Missed Connections Website Launch". Akimbo. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Ontiveros, Mario (Fall 2022). ""Parastoo Anoushahpour"". The Massachusetts Review. 63 (3): 476. doi:10.1353/mar.2022.0069. S2CID 252520753.
  7. ↑ Hoolboom, Mike (14 September 2022). "An Interview with Parastoo Anoushahpour on Sexuality, Identity, and Language". POV Magazine. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Cooley, Alison (2020). Other Life-formings. Mississauga, Ontario: Blackwood Gallery. p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Chalmers Arts Fellowships". Ontario Arts Council. 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Grant Recipients 2004-2022 - Toronto Arts Council". Toronto Arts Council. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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