Photo: Amelia Read
Amak Mahmoodian, PhD
Amak Mahmoodian is one of the artists taking part in our project Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT), which connects artists whose practice has been disrupted by forced migration. She has also been selected for Belonging, a new virtual exhibition that is part of ACT.
She is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and educator from Iran. Amak began her career as a research-based photographer at the Art University of Tehran in Iran in 2003. Since 2007, she has been living in the UK where she practices as a visual artist and lecturer in Photography. In 2015, she completed a practice-based doctorate in photography at the University of South Wales.
Working with photography, text, video, drawing and archives at the intersection of conceptual and documentary photography, Amak’s artistic practice explores the presentation of gender, identity and displacement, bridging a space between the personal and political.
Amak’s projects are produced across platforms, such as installations, books and films. Her work has been shown extensively and won numerous awards. She has published two books, Shenasnameh (RRB- ICV Lab, 2016), which was shortlisted for The First Author book award Rencontres Arles, and Zanjir (RRB, 2019), which was the winner of The Best Photo Text book award Rencontres Arles.
More information
www.amakmahmoodian.com
She is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and educator from Iran. Amak began her career as a research-based photographer at the Art University of Tehran in Iran in 2003. Since 2007, she has been living in the UK where she practices as a visual artist and lecturer in Photography. In 2015, she completed a practice-based doctorate in photography at the University of South Wales.
Working with photography, text, video, drawing and archives at the intersection of conceptual and documentary photography, Amak’s artistic practice explores the presentation of gender, identity and displacement, bridging a space between the personal and political.
Amak’s projects are produced across platforms, such as installations, books and films. Her work has been shown extensively and won numerous awards. She has published two books, Shenasnameh (RRB- ICV Lab, 2016), which was shortlisted for The First Author book award Rencontres Arles, and Zanjir (RRB, 2019), which was the winner of The Best Photo Text book award Rencontres Arles.
More information
www.amakmahmoodian.com
