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Consulter le portfolio en fran\u00e7ais :<\/strong> Portfolio fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Portfolio in English here :<\/strong> English Portfolio<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Visual artist <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parya Vatankhah is a Franco-Iranian multidisciplinary visual artist<\/strong> and art researcher based in Paris. Born in Tehran, she left Iran in 2010 to settle in France, where she developed an engaged artistic practice shaped by questions of exile, memory, and freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She holds a PhD in Aesthetics, Sciences and Technologies of the Arts<\/strong> devoted to the political art of Iranian women artists in exile. She also conducted postdoctoral research at Universit\u00e9 Paris 8 (2024\u20132025) on the impact of exile and displacement on the visual language of Iranian artists. In 2024, she was co-recipient of the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l\u2019Homme Prize for the project Exil.s, guerre.s et cr\u00e9ation.s<\/em>, developed within the research group Art, Exile and Media (IRCAV) at Universit\u00e9 Sorbonne Nouvelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work, which spans multiple media \u2014 photography, performance, painting, installation, and video \u2014 explores the tensions between the intimate <\/strong>and the political<\/strong>, as well as the relationships between individual<\/strong> and collective memory<\/strong>. The body<\/strong> occupies a central place in her practice, conceived as a space of inscription, resistance, and narration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her works have been presented in several exhibitions and festivals in France and internationally, notably at La Fab (Fondation agn\u00e8s b.) in Paris<\/strong>, in Bordeaux<\/strong> as part of the exhibition R\u00e9bellion<\/em>, at the RMN\u2013Grand Palais<\/strong>, and in the exhibition Nishchte Was Not a Man<\/em>, presented at the Malm\u00f6 Art Center (Sweden)<\/strong> and the Arad Art Museum (Romania)<\/strong>. Her work has also been shown in festivals such as Instants Vid\u00e9o in Marseille<\/strong> and Travers Vid\u00e9o in Toulouse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has received several international distinctions, including a nomination for the AICA France Art Criticism Prize (2023)<\/strong>, as well as awards from Women\u2019s Voices Now (USA)<\/strong> and the London Feminism Short Film Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artiste visuelle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parya Vatankhah est une artiste visuelle multidisciplinaire<\/strong> et chercheuse en art franco-iranienne bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Paris. N\u00e9e \u00e0 T\u00e9h\u00e9ran, elle quitte l\u2019Iran en 2010 pour s\u2019installer en France, o\u00f9 elle d\u00e9veloppe une pratique artistique engag\u00e9e, nourrie par les questions d\u2019exil, de m\u00e9moire et de libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Titulaire d\u2019un doctorat en Esth\u00e9tique, sciences et technologies des arts<\/strong> consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019art politique des artistes iraniennes en exil, elle a \u00e9galement men\u00e9 des recherches postdoctorales \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Paris 8 (2024\u20132025) sur l\u2019impact de l\u2019exil et du d\u00e9placement dans le langage visuel des artistes iraniens. En 2024, elle est co-laur\u00e9ate du Prix de la Fondation Maison des Sciences de l\u2019Homme pour le projet Exil.s, guerre.s et cr\u00e9ation.s, d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 au sein du groupe de recherche Art, Exil et M\u00e9dias (IRCAV) \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Sorbonne Nouvelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son travail, qui traverse diff\u00e9rents m\u00e9diums, photographie, performance, peinture, installation et vid\u00e9o, explore les tensions entre l\u2019intime<\/strong> et le politique<\/strong>, ainsi que les relations entre m\u00e9moire individuell<\/strong>e et m\u00e9moire collective<\/strong>. Le corps<\/strong> occupe une place centrale dans sa d\u00e9marche, envisag\u00e9 comme un espace d\u2019inscription, de r\u00e9sistance et de narration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ses \u0153uvres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es dans plusieurs expositions et festivals en France et \u00e0 l\u2019international, notamment \u00e0 La Fab (Fondation agn\u00e8s b.<\/strong>) \u00e0 Paris, \u00e0 Bordeaux dans le cadre de l\u2019exposition R\u00e9bellion, \u00e0 la RMN-Grand Palais<\/strong>, ainsi que dans l\u2019exposition Nishchte Was Not a Man, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e au Malm\u00f6 Art Center(Su\u00e8de)<\/strong> et au mus\u00e9e d\u2019art d\u2019Arad (Roumanie)<\/strong>. Son travail a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 montr\u00e9 dans des festivals tels que Les Instants Vid\u00e9o<\/em><\/strong> \u00e0 Marseille et Travers Vid\u00e9o<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>\u00e0 Toulouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elle a re\u00e7u plusieurs distinctions internationales, dont une nomination au Prix de la critique d\u2019art AICA France<\/strong> (2023), ainsi que des prix d\u00e9cern\u00e9s par Women\u2019s Voices Now<\/em><\/strong> (\u00c9tats-Unis) et le London Feminism Short Film Award.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n