BIO

Mohamad Khezri Moghadam (1984) is an Iranian artist and curator based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He completed his BA in graphic design at Mashad University, his MA in graphic design at Modares University and a PhD in the Philosophy of Art from Shahroud University (all in Iran). He is the founder and director of the Maa Art Residency based in Kerman, Iran and is a curator affiliated with the Kerman Contemporary Art Museum.

He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and member of the Amsterdam-based artist collective DARKMATTER. His artistic interests are very diverse but generally focus on various aspects of Iranian cultural life and sociology, especially gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality, law, nationalism, religion and history.

As an Iranian photographer, video and installation artist with a passion for capturing the aesthetic and cultural complexities of life in contemporary Iran, Moghadam’s work has been shown in four solo and more than twenty group exhibitions. His style and approach to photography style is eclectic, ranging from striking portraits and landscapes to abstract compositions that challenge viewers to see the world in a new way.

EDUCATION

2022 – Present       Post-doc Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)

2019                       PhD Philosophy of Art, Azad University of Shahroud (Iran)

2011                       MA Graphic Design, Tarbiat Modarres University of Tehran (Iran)

2008                       BA Graphic Design, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran)

EMPLOYMENT

2021 – Present       Manager, Ma Artist Residency, Kerman (Iran)

2012 – Present       Assistant Professor of Art, College of Arts and Architecture, Azad University of Kerman (Iran)

2014 – 2016           Head of Visual Arts Department at the School of Arts and Architecture, Azad University, Kerman (Iran)

SOLO EXIBITIONS

2023      La Baldi (Cultivate), Montegiovi, Italy

2017      Yadegaran Gallery, Kerman, Iran

2015      Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013      Shahkar Gallery, Kerman, Iran

2013      Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran

GROUP EXIBITIONS

2024      Eye Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2023      Contemporary Museum of Art, Kerman, Iran

2020      Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2019      Newmedia Center, Tehran Iran

2018      Smith Gallery, Texas, Usa

2017      Artin Gallery, Mashhad, Iran

2016      Azad Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2016      Contemporary Museum of Art, Kerman, Iran

2015      Behesht Gallery, Kerman, Iran

2014      Elahe Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013      Arya Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2013      Knokke-Heist, Belgium

2010      Faryad Gallery, Kerman, Iran

2009      Iranian Artist Home, Tehran, Iran

2009      Farhangsara Niavaran galley, Tehran, Iran

2008      Hall Photographers, Tehran, Iran

2008      Farhangsara Saba, Tehran, Iran

2007      Contemporary Museum of Art, Tehran, Iran

2006      Ferdowsi Gallery, Mashhad, Iran

Art Residency

2023 – La Baldi (Cultivate), Montegiovi, Italy