Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti
Emerging Visual Artist (Memphis, TN)
Educational Psychology Research PhD student, adjunct faculty at the Department of Arts and Design, Adjunct faculty at Women’s Studies, University of Memphis.
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,
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
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
Coop Gallery, Ten in Tenn awards, Nashville, 1000$, 2025
Artist Residency Fellowship, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, 7,000$, 2024
Tri-Star Fund, Current Art Fund in Knoxville, 7,500$, 2023
Travel Fund, Educational Psychology & Research Dep. University of Memphis, 500$, 2024
· 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
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, OGS, Western University, 12,500 $, 2020
Western Graduate Research Scholarship, Western University, 2,000$, 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)
· Time Slip Time Sip, The Southeastern Louisiana University, Contemporary Art Gallery, (Upcoming, January 25th).
· 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
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
· Upcoming, Group conference paper presentation, When Nothing Feels Right: Mourning Long Held Research Beliefs through Feminist Body Mapping, Pedagogies for Animating Critical Qualitative Inquiry, Arizona State University, April 2025
· 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, Introduction to women and gender studies, Women Studies, University of Memphis, Spring 2025
· Lecture Theory around gender and feminism, Undergraduate level
Instructor of Record, Sculpture V, Art & Design Department, University of Memphis, Fall 2024
· Combination of lecture and studio practice. I work with senior-level students in sculpture, teaching a variety of methods and materials for making contemporary sculpture and teaching contemporary art history, philosophy, and theories. Undergraduate level
Instructor of Record, Sculpture IV, Art & Design Department, University of Memphis, Fall 2024
· Combination of lecture and studio practice. I work with advanced-level students, teaching a variety of methods and materials for making contemporary sculpture teaching contemporary art history, philosophy, and theories. Undergraduate level
Instructor of Record, Sculpture III, Art & Design Department, University of Memphis, Fall 2024
Combination of lecture and studio practice. I work with advanced-level students, teaching a variety of methods and materials for making contemporary sculpture and teaching contemporary art history, philosophy, and theories. Undergraduate level
Instructor of Record, Sculpture I, Art & Design Department, University of Memphis, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025.
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
Instructor of Record, Foundation II, Art & Design Department, 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
Instructor of Record, Sculpture II, Art & Design Department, 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 mold making and casting, and kinetic sculpture using DC motors. Undergraduate level
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
Lecturing, running studio practices, and Grading and
Teaching Assistant, Foundation of Visual Arts, Western University, 2018-2019
Lecturing, running studio practices, and Grading and
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer
· tba Journal of Art, Media, and Visual Culture, Visual Arts Department at Western
University, Canada, 2022
Artist Residency & Exhibition Jury/Panelist
· Art Juror, 2025 Scholastic Art Awards, Brooks Museum, Memphis
· Crosstown Art Residency, Memphis, 2022
Guest Artist
· Visiting senior undergraduate students’ studio, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2022
· Visiting Studio Art Senior Seminar, Department of Art and Art History, Rhodes College, 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
· Time Slip Time Sip, The Southeastern Louisiana University, Contemporary Art Gallery, (Upcoming, January 25th , 2025).
· 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 & Internship
· Metal Museum, two days Blacksmith class, 2023.
· McIntosh Gallery, Western University, Canada, 2019.
· 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
· Number:Inc.In Between and New Work-2024-The little house gallery, 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
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
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 mold making and casting objects
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, electronic circus
Videography (production and editing)
Archiving and documenting artwork for museums.
Photography with both analog and digital cameras
Familiar with photography dark room
Contemporary methods of making art include video art, photography, textile art, body art, sculpture, installation, 3D printing, Laser cutting, and AR video.
Drawing
Painting (acrylic and oil 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
Curating exhibition
Archiving and documenting artwork
Solo and group exhibitions
Children’s Camp counseling
· Theatrical Staging
Volunteer jobs
· Design website for local business, Perfect Eyebrows and Spa, Memphis,2022
· 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