Neda Moridpour

Neda Moridpour is an Iranian American artist, educator, and cofounder of the artist-activist collaboratives "Louder than Worts" and "Part Collective." Moridpour crosses disciplines and boundaries to explore social issues and urban realities.Her art transforms the seemingly quotidian and mundane via bold round-table talks, visual and performative interventions, and lens-based practices.[1][2]

Early life and education

Moridpour was born and raised in Iran. She got her BS in Computer Software Engineering in Iran and she is an MFA graduate from the Public Practice program at Otis College of Art and Design under Suzanne Lacy's direction.[3]

Career

Moridpour's work has been exhibited in the USA, Iran and China. In 2014 she was invited by WCA International Caucus for Art to participate in a feminist group show in China titled "Half The Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art"[4] In 2013 her collaboration with A Window Between Worlds as the lead artist for"I Can We Can" Socially Engaged Art project, engaged more than 26,000 participants globally and was exhibited at the Gallery Neuartig in San Pedro, LA. Moridpour works with many socially active organizations such as Peace Over Violence and Downtown Women's Shelter in Los Angeles, Omid Foundation, Sepas and Samar in Tehran.[5] She has extensive experience facilitating workshops and roundtables on gender based violence and continues to work as an anti-violence and human rights activist.[6]

Currently, she is a Full Time Visiting Faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (SMFA). She is also the founding director of Part Collective, winner of the first[7] and second prize[8] at Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival in 2012 and 2013. Moridpour was one of the 2014 WCA International Caucus Honor Roll Awardees, honoring her work with Louder than Words gender-based violence.[9] She is a 2014 award recipient from the Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists in the Visual Arts, Craft & Literary Arts Round.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Activism Meets Art at [P]art Collective". Muftah. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Neda Moridpour". nedmorid.com.
  3. ↑ "home". SUZANNE LACY. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  4. ↑ "Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art 2014/Shenyang, China - WCA International Caucus". wcainternationalcaucus.weebly.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Auntie Roach". Neda Moridpour. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Auntie Roach". Neda Moridpour. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  7. ↑ "Rostam in WonderLand - Sohrab's Blood - Farhang Film Festival". Farhang Film Festival.
  8. ↑ "The Voided Loom: Kelardasht's Carpet - Farhang Film Festival". Farhang Film Festival.
  9. ↑ "International Caucus Honor Roll - WCA International Caucus". weebly.com.
  10. ↑ (PDF) http://www.cciarts.org/_Library/investing_releases/July_2014_Press_Release.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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