ParisaAminolahi(Tehran,Iran1978)basedintheNetherlandssince2008,isafreelancefilmmaker,photographerandpainter.Shestudiedtheatrestagedesign(BA)andanimation(MA)atUniversityofArtinTehrananddocumentaryfilmmaking(MA)atRoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon.Herworkcoversaspectrumofthemessuchasdisplacement,exile,homeland,familyandchildhoodmemories,utilizingchildhoodandoldfamilyphotographs,self-‐portraitsandherownfamilymembersashersubjects.Hermediumsrangefromphotography,documentaryfilmmaking,animation,videoart,paintingandmixedmedia.SheisgrantrecipientofNetherlandsFilmFund,OneWorldMediaStudentFilmBursary,theCheveningScholarshipandhadscreeningsandexhibitionsinArmenia,Australia,Canada,Iran,theNetherlands,SpainandtheUK.
Born in Tehran, Iran, 1978
Based in the Netherlands
Education
2007: MA, documentary film, making, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
2004: MA, animation, faculty of cinema and theatre, University of Art, Tehran, Iran
2000: BA, theatre, major: stage and costume design, faculty of cinema and theatre, University of Art, Tehran, Iran
Solo Exhibitions
2011
My Beautiful Iranian Childhood, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, UK
2010
Diary of a Self Portrait, Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Group Exhibitions
2021
online exhibition Past Continuous-Places of Identity and Dilemmas of the Present, Sumac Art Practices of the Middle East
2020
Gup New Talent, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam,The Netherland
"Our Quarantine", ICP Concerned, Global Images for Global Crisis, The International Centre of
Photography, New York
99 Photography Exhibition, Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2019
"My Beautiful Iranian Childhood", "Joint Memory, Photographic Fragments", Fotodok, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
"Tehran Diary", PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant, Photo Vogue Festival, BASE, Milan, Italy
2009
Kunststelling Gallery, Alkmaar, the Netherlands
Urban Jealousy, the 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran; Belgrade, Serbia
2001
Theatre Stage Design Scale Models Show, the Art Gallery, University of Art, Tehran, Iran
Film Festivals and Screenings
2018
"Away", experimental, represented by Ag Galerie, from Tehran, Loop Video Fair, Barcelona, Spain
"Away", experimental, video screening hosted by Third Space at Cambridge University, UK
2016
"Away", experimental, Persian International Film Festival, Sydney, Melbourne, Australia
2015
"Away", experimental, International Diaspora Film Festival, Toronto, Canada,
2014
"Away", experimental, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2010
"Cut", animation, The Best of the Iranian Film Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2009
"Cut", animation, The Iranian Film Festival, Zaandam, the Netherlands
2007
"I Am HIV Positive", a story of two HIV positive women living in Tehran,documentary, One World Media Bursary partial screening, Channel 4 Cinema, London, UK
"Elegy", experimental documentary, Channel 4’s Four Docs website, London, UK
2005
"Cut", Animation, Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
"Cut", Animation, International Women’s Film Festival “KIN”, Yerevan, Armenia
2004
"Cut", Animation, Tehran International Animation Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
"Cut", Animation, Tehran Short Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
Awards and Honours
2014
Short experimental film "Away" has been nominated for the best Dutch shorts 2014 by Eye International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012
Awarded funding by the Netherlands Film Fund for the short experimental film, "Away", Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Attended Magnum Photos' workshop, under the guidance of Alessandra Sanguinetti, Brighton Photo Biennial 2012
2009
"Cut", winner of the best short film prize, the Iranian Film Festival, Zaandam, the Netherlands
2007
"I Am HIV Positive", awarded the One World Media Student Film Bursary, London, UK
"My Mother, Parvin", nominated at Royal Holloway, University of London media group for the Royal Television Society Student Awards, London, UK
2006
Awarded the prestigious Chevening scholarship, provided by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Council, London, UK
2005
attended Golden Apricot, Yerevan International Film Festival talent campus conducted by Abbas Kiarostami, Atom Egoyan and Krzysztof Zanussi, Yerevan, Armenia
2000
Ranked 1st in the MA in animation nationwide entrance examination of universities, Tehran, Iran
Ranked 8th among 2588 participants in the MA in Art nationwide entrance examination of universities, Tehran, Iran
Parisa Aminolahi
Born in Tehran, Iran, 1978 Based in the NetherlandsEducation2007: MA, documentary film, making, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 2004: MA, animation, faculty of cinema and theatre, University of Art, Tehran, Iran 2000: BA, theatre, major: stage and costume design, faculty of cinema and theatre, University of Art, Tehran, IranSolo Exhibitions2011My Beautiful Iranian Childhood, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, UK2010Diary of a Self Portrait, Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran, IranGroup Exhibitions2021online exhibition Past Continuous-Places of Identity and Dilemmas of the Present, Sumac Art Practices of the Middle East2020Gup New Talent, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam,The NetherlandOur Quarantine, ICP Concerned, Global Images for Global Crisis, The International Centre of Photography, New York99 Photography Exhibition, Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran2019My Beautiful Iranian Childhood, Joint Memory, Photographic Fragments, Fotodok, Utrecht, the NetherlandsTehran Diary, PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant, Photo Vogue Festival, BASE, Milan, Italy2009Kunststelling Gallery, Alkmaar, the NetherlandsUrban Jealousy, the 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran; Belgrade, Serbia2001Theatre Stage Design Scale Models Show, the Art Gallery, University of Art, Tehran, IranFilm Festivals and Screenings2018Away, experimental, represented by Ag Galerie, from Tehran, Loop Video Fair, Barcelona, SpainAway, experimental, video screening hosted by Third Space at Cambridge University, UK2016Away, experimental, Persian International Film Festival, Sydney, Melbourne, Australia2015Away, experimental, International Diaspora Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2014Away, experimental, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2010 Cut, animation, The Best of the Iranian Film Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands2009Cut, animation, The Iranian Film Festival, Zaandam, the Netherlands 2007I Am HIV Positive, a story of two HIV positive women living in Tehran,documentary, One World Media Bursary partial screening, Channel 4 Cinema, London, UKElegy, experimental documentary, Channel 4’s Four Docs website, London, UK2005Cut, Animation, Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan, ArmeniaCut, Animation, International Women’s Film Festival “KIN”, Yerevan, Armenia2004 Cut, Animation, Tehran International Animation Film Festival, Tehran, IranCut, Animation, Tehran Short Film Festival, Tehran, IranAwards and Honours2014Short experimental film Away has been nominated for the best Dutch shorts 2014 by Eye International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands2012Awarded funding by the Netherlands Film Fund for the short experimental film, Away, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsAttended Magnum Photos' workshop, under the guidance of Alessandra Sanguinetti, Brighton Photo Biennial 20122009Cut, winner of the best short film prize, the Iranian Film Festival, Zaandam, the Netherlands2007I Am HIV Positive, awarded the One World Media Student Film Bursary, London, UKMy Mother, Parvin, nominated at Royal Holloway, University of London media group for the Royal Television Society Student Awards, London, UK2006Awarded the prestigious Chevening scholarship, provided by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Council, London, UK2005attended Golden Apricot, Yerevan International Film Festival talent campus conducted by Abbas Kiarostami, Atom Egoyan and Krzysztof Zanussi, Yerevan, Armenia2000Ranked 1st in the MA in animation nationwide entrance examination of universities, Tehran, IranRanked 8th among 2588 participants in the MA in Art nationwide entrance examination of universities, Tehran, Iran