Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti

Educational Psychology Research PhD student, adjunct faculty at the Department of Arts and Design, visual artist
Email: Sepideh.t@memphis.edu |

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Educational psychology and research, University of Memphis, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology & Research, Expected Graduation: 2028
Advisor: Dr. Susan Nordstrom

Master of Fine Arts, Western University, Department of Visual Arts  
Graduation, Canada,2020

  • Thesis Title: “To Be Me: The Contingency of the Body”

Bachelor of Fine Arts Studio Practice-Intensive Studio Specialization,

Honors Digital Arts Communication Minor, University of Waterloo, Department of Fine Arts, Canada,2018

  • Honors: Graduate with Dean’s honors

Bachelor of Science, Mechanics of Farm Machinery Engineering, University of Shahid Bahonar Kerman, Iran, 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Sepideh Dashti, No-East, No-West,  TBA Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 100-106, 2021.

·       Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti, The Contingent Body, Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture, Vol. 9, no.1, pp. 44-51,2021.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

  • Sepideh Dashti, Zaban-Hagh is Bitter &Heavy, Claiming our Human Rights Through Art- Based Research. 7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Qualitative Methodologies: Qualitative Inquiry Across Discipline, University of South Florida, 2024.

·       Virtual NeMLA Convention, Speculative Figures and Futures: Our Uncanny

Postapocalypse (Part 2: Critical Self/-ves), University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 2021

·       UAAC-AAUC, The Universities Art Association of Canada, "Hidden Within

Moments and Places, Memories as Trauma, Silence, and Trust: #MeToo".Canada, 2020

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record, Sculpture 3-4-5, University of Memphis, Fall 2024

  • Combination of lecture and studio practice. I work with senior-level students in sculpture, teaching contemporary art history, philosophy, and theories, as well as the process of art-making to prepare for their thesis show. Undergraduate level, 15 students

Instructor of Record, Sculpture I, University of Memphis, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2024

  • Combination of lecture and studio practice. Teaching contemporary art history, theory, and practice for creating sculptures using plaster, wood, and metal. Students learn to work with tools and methods to fabricate sculptures. Undergraduate level, 12 students

Instructor of Record, Foundation II, University of Memphis, Fall 2023, Fall 2024

  • Combination of lecture and studio practice. Introducing contemporary methods and techniques to shift their artwork from the 2D dimension of painting and drawing to the 3D method of artmaking. Undergraduate level, 15 students

Instructor of Record, Sculpture II, University of Memphis, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

  • Combination of lecture and studio practice. Introducing contemporary methods and advanced techniques and materials for art making, including performance body art, video art, casting body, silicon casting, and making kinetic sculpture using DC motors. Undergraduate level, 15 students

Instructor of Record, Introduction to Photography, Kroc Center, Salvation Army community center in Memphis, 2021-2024

  • Teaching introductory photography courses to senior adults and youth. 

Instructor of Record, Introduction to Painting, Kroc Center, Salvation Army community center in Memphis, 2021-2024

  • Teaching introductory Painting courses to senior adults and youth. 

Instructor of Record, Introduction to Drawing, Kroc Center, Salvation Army community center in Memphis, 2021-2024

  • Teaching introductory photography courses to senior adults and Youth. 

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Drawing, Western University, 2020

  • Grading and Lecturing

Teaching Assistant, Foundation of Visual Arts, Western University, 2018-2019

  • Grading and Lecturing

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS

  • Artist Residency Fellowship, McColl Center, 7,000$, 2024

  • Tri-Star Fund, Current Art Fund in Knoxville, 7,500$, 2023

·       Summer Institute for Anti-Racist and Decolonizing Research, Fellowship, George Mason University, 2023.

  • Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGSM) in social sciences and humanities research (SSHRC), Western University, 15,000 $, 2020

  •  Western Graduate Research Scholarship, Western University, 2,000$, 2019.

  • Western Graduate Research Scholarship, Western University, 2,000$, 2019.

  • Arts & Humanity Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, Western University,1500$ 2018.

  • Arts & Humanity Chair’s Entrance Scholarship, Western University, 1000$, 2018.

  • Curator’s Choice Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, 200 $, 2018.

  • Liz Edwards Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo,200 $, 2018.

  • Digital Imaging Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, 2018.

  • Geoffery F.Bulter Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo,500 $, 2017.

  • Lynn Holmes Memorial Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo,500$, 2017.

  •  Video Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, 2017.

  • Photography Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo2016.

Professional Artistic Practices

Solo Exhibitions

·       Ten-In-Tennessee, Coop Gallery, Knoxville, 2025, (Upcoming)

·       In Between The Little House Gallery, Memphis, 2024

·       Liminality, Beverly and Sam Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, 2022

·       From “She-Self” to “She-Other”, Stratford Gallery, Canada, 2022

·       Counterpoint, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2022

·       To Be Me, Artlab Gallery, Western University, Canada, 2020

 Group Exhibitions

·       Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives (PAMA)│ Canada, 2025, (Upcoming)

·        Artist-In Residence Showcase, McColl Center, Charlotte, North

Carolina, 2024.

·       Creative Art Department, Kroc Center, Memphis, 2023.

·       Doubl-Edged, Xpace Cultural Center, Canada, 2022  

·       The Once Unknown: Online Juried Photography Exhibition. Button Factory Arts, Canada, 2020

·       Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival, Hamilton Artists Inc. AGH

Film Festival, Canada, 2020

·       10th show of Modern Panic X, Guerrilla Zoo Exhibition, London, UK, 2019

·       Art as Advocacy: Promoting Equity and Social Justice for Women, Springfield,

Illinois, 2019

·       42nd Annual AHVA Graduate Symposium- Violentia: Violence and Representation, The University of British Columbia, Canada, 2019

·       Selsun Blue: MFA Exhibition, Artlab Gallery, Western University,Canada, 2019

·       2019’s Video Fever Program, Trinity Square Video, Canada, 2019

·       Environment, Artery, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017

·       Exploration, Artery, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017

·       Body, Artery, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017

·       Unsettled, Public performance, Landmarks 2017 Project, Guild Park,

Scarborough, Canada, 2017

·       Brush with Art, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017

·       Chiliad, Artery, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2016

·       Tech-aesthetic, Critical Media Lab, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 2016

 

SKILLS

Research Interest

·      Qualitative art-based research, post-qualitative research, intersectional feminism, post-human feminism, cultural identity, gender identity, trauma and war, diaspora studies, multiculturalism, art and activism, interdisciplinary art practices including installation art, body art, performance art, kinetic sculpture, and video art

·      Experience in archiving materials

Technical Artistic Skills

  • Working with wood shop facilities for fabricating wooden sculpture include variety of saws, drills, sanding and grinding tools

  • Working with metal shop tools for fabricating metal sculptures includes bending tools, cutting tools, grinders, MIG welder, and oxyacetylene torch.

  • Familiar with various Adobe creative software including Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Audition, and After Effects.

  • Familiar with working with electronic Arduino sensors and a variety of DC motors

  • Videography (production and editing)

  • Archiving and documenting artwork for museums.

  • Photography with both analog and digital cameras

  • Contemporary methods of making art include video art, photography, textile art, body art, sculpture, installation, 3D printing, Laser cutting, AR video. 

  • Relatively good skills in drawing and painting

 

Language Skills

  • English, fluent

  • Farsi, fluent

  • Arabic, introductory level

  • French, introductory level

Other Skills

  • I run art workshops for a variety of ages, from children to adults

  • Artist talk

  • Solo and group exhibitions

  • Children’s Camp counseling

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Reviewer

·       tba Journal of Art, Media, and Visual Culture, Visual Arts Department at Western

University, Canada, 2022

 

 Artist Residency Panelist

 

·       Crosstown Art Residency, Memphis, 2022

Member

·       Treasure position in the Visual Arts Graduate Student Association (VAGSA),

Western University, Canada, 2018-2019

·       Co-Curator at the Artery, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017- 2018

·       Fine Art Painting Studio Monitor, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  Artist Residency

·       McColl Center Summer 2024 Parent and Educator Artist-in-

Residence, Charlotte, NC, 2024

·       Post Human Art Residency, Post Human Art Network. Online Residency, 2022 – 2023

·       Crosstown Art Residency, Memphis, TN, 2021

·       Virtual Residency on Care /Creativity, OCAD University, Canada, 2020

Artist talk

·       McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, 2024

·       Liminality, Beverly and Sam Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University, Memphis,

·       TN, 2022

·       "Double-Edged" Artist Talk: Ramolen Laruan & Sepideh Dashti in conversation

·       with Bianca Weeko Martin, XpaceCulturalCentre, Canada,2022

·       Counterpoint, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2022

·       Crosstown Art Residency, Memphis, 2021

·       (Guest Artist) Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2021

·        Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival, Hamilton Artists Inc. AGH, Film Festival, Canada,2020

Certification

·      CPR/AED certificate. Salvation Army, Kroc Memphis,2022

·       Gender 101: Feminism. Gender And Sexuality, The Institute for Social Science

and Humanities, Iran Academia, Online, 2021

·       Teaching Assistant Training Program, Western University, Canada, 2020

 

Workshop

·       Five Days Performance Workshop, Bojana Videkanik, Landmarks 2017 Project, Canada, 2017

·       Art & Activism, one-day workshop, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2017

 

Media

·       Tiger Strikes Asteroid GVL, artist-run space, SC, 2024

·       McColl Center , Artist interview, 2024

·       Canvas Rebel, Memphis, TN,2023

·       Kroc Center, Memphis, 2023

·       Liminality, Christians Brother University, Memphis, TN. 2022

·       Doubl-Edged, Xpace Cultural Center, Canada, 2022

·       “From “She-Self” to “She-Other””, Stratford Gallery, Canada, 2022

·       “Counterpoint” Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2022

·        Beverly and Sam Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN, 2022

·       Memphis Flyer, 2022

·        “ Q&A Crosstown Arts newsletter” Memphis, TN, 2021

·       Crosstown Arts Residency, Memphis, TN, 2021

·       Talkin’ Memphis,WYXR, Radio Station, Memphis, TN, 2021

·       2018 “Yours Truly,” The University of Waterloo Graduating Class Exhibition Catalogue,

Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2018

Volunteer jobs

·       Curating “Micro-Aesthetic" exhibition, Art Museum of the University of Memphis,

Memphis, TN, 2021

·       Guide Tour, Paadmaan Projects Farsi Art Gallery Tours, Art Gallery of Ontario,

, Canada, 2019

·       Guide Tour, Paadmaan Projects Farsi Art Gallery Tours, Art Gallery of Hamilton,

, Canada, 2019

·       General Position, Student Organization Fine Arts, The University of

Waterloo, Canada, 2017-2018

·       Volunteer for Brush with Art Exhibition. University of Waterloo, Canada, 2018

 

 

REFERENCES

Available upon request.