Soheila Esfahani is an

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-born artist and educator, working in Canada. She is an assistant professor at University of Western Ontario. Esfahani is known for her installation art and sculptures. Esfahani was born in Tehran, Iran. She moved to Canada in 1992 for her undergraduate studies. She received a BA degree in fine arts from the

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; followed by a

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degree from the

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. Esfahani was the receipt of the Ontario Arts Council Project Grant: mid career artist. Esfahani has also received awards from

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, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the

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, and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund. Notably, she was nominated for the Jameel Prize at the

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, UK in 2015.

Exhibitions

Esfahani has exhibited numerous shows in Canada and internationally, including: * Been T(here) (2022), at Red Head Gallery in Toronto, Canada in 2022, ''Pattern (dis)Placement'', https://www.redheadgallery.org/been-there * Redeemer University College Gallery (2019), in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada * Interstice, Republic Gallery (2019),

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, British Columbia, Canada * In-Between, Durham Art Gallery (2016), Durham, Ontario, Canada * Trans-(across, over, beyond), MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Lab,

, London, Ontario, Canada

Publications

* Pasiechnik, Jenelle M. Embodied Engagements: The Artwork of

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& Soheila Esfahani in Translations, Exhibition catalogue, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC. 2020 * The Living River Project: Art, water and Possible Worlds exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON. 2019 * The Source: Rethinking Water Through Contemporary Art exhibition catalogue, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 2017 * Embracing Place exhibition catalogue, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON. 2017 * The Red Head Gallery at 25 exhibition catalogue, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2017 * Matotek, Jennifer ed. Material Girls. London, UK: Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2015.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esfahani, Soheila Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian women artists 21st-century women educators Canadian installation artists Canadian people of Iranian descent Canadian sculptors Iranian installation artists Iranian sculptors Iranian women artists University of Western Ontario alumni University of Waterloo alumni Iranian emigrants to Canada