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Acc\u00e9der au CV acad\u00e9mique en fran\u00e7ais :<\/strong>\u00a0lien<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEGREES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024<\/strong> Postdoctoral Research, Art des images et art contemporain<\/em> Laboratory (AIAC), Universit\u00e9 Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong> PhD in Aesthetics, Sciences and Technologies of the Arts, Universit\u00e9 Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong> Master\u2019s Degree (Research), Contemporary Art and New Media, Universit\u00e9 Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013<\/strong> Master\u2019s Degree (Research), Visual Arts, Aix-Marseille University I, Aix-en-Provence, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AWARDS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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2024<\/strong> Fondation Maison des Sciences de l\u2019Homme Prize for the project Exile(s), War(s) and Creation(s). Images of Resistance in the Service of History<\/em>, in collaboration with Sorbonne Nouvelle University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong> Nomination for the AICA France Art Criticism Prize<\/strong>, nominated by Rapha\u00ebl Cuir (INHA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong> London Feminist Film Festival, Official Selection for the short film Nazanin<\/em>, London, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong> Oniros Film Awards, IMDb-qualifying festival, Finalist with the film Nazanin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong> Women\u2019s Voices Now Film Festival, Second Prize (Experimental Category), Los Angeles, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/strong> \u00c9clats de douleur<\/em>, La Fab (Fondation agn\u00e8s b.), Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Body Is Mine<\/em>, solo exhibition organized by the Haute-Garonne Departmental Council for International Women\u2019s Day, Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fragment of Iran: Colors of Resistance<\/em>, solo exhibition curated by Isabelle Suret, Centre 7.5, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong> Proche, Enferm\u00e9, Clos<\/em>, curated by Hyunji Kim, Universit\u00e9 Paris 8 Gallery, Saint-Denis, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong> Breaking the Present<\/em>, interactive performance in collaboration with artist Telma Ha (Compagnie Voix), Ch\u00e2teau \u00c9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re \u2013 Fabrique Sonore et Num\u00e9rique, Carri\u00e8res-sous-Poissy, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong> The Emotional Paradox<\/em>, proposed and organized by Professor Fran\u00e7ois Jeune, Building A Gallery, Universit\u00e9 Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong> Another World<\/em>, Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong>
R\u00e9bellion<\/em>, group exhibition organized by Diako Art as part of the 12th edition of the Quinzaine de l\u2019\u00c9galit\u00e9 et de la Diversit\u00e9<\/strong>, with the support of the City of Bordeaux, Espace Mably, Bordeaux, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong>
Weaving Places, Interlacing Memories<\/em>, Performance Day Event organized by Mehdy Yarmohammadi, Shakirail Artists\u2019 Studios, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plastic Grace<\/em>, performance presented during Art Even N\u00f6nude<\/strong>, an event conceived by Sarah Cassenti \u2013 Atelier d\u2019art Mogly Speix, Bagnolet, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong>
You Merit Better, You Merit All<\/em>, Performance Day Event organized by Mehdy Yarmohammadi, Shakirail Artists\u2019 Studio, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c9cho du Pr\u00e9sent<\/em>, curated by Anaid Demir and Sonia Perrin, organized by Your Art, Mus\u00e9e Transitoire, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong>
15th Montreal Underground Film Festival (MUFF 15)<\/strong>, with the short film Nazanin<\/em>, Montreal, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anonymously Iran: An Exhibition Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Women<\/em>, CULTUR LAB LIC, New York, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Body, My Choice<\/em>, group exhibition, Muratcentoventidue Artecontemporanea Gallery, Bari, Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHASES<\/em>, group exhibition, Pia Myrvold Art Foundation, Stavanger, Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Variabilit\u00e9s dans les \u00e9chos<\/em>, 26th Traverse Video Festival, curated by Simone Dompeyre, Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong>
Voix exil\u00e9es: Iranian Women Artists<\/em>, Maison de la Cr\u00e9ation et de l\u2019Innovation (MACI), Grenoble, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capacit\u00e9 (presque) illimit\u00e9e<\/em>, 25th Traverse Video International Meetings, curated by Simone Dompeyre, Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/strong>
Avis de passage<\/em>, Les Instants Vid\u00e9o Festival, curated by Marc Mercier, Marseille, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019\u0152il d\u2019Oodaaq Festival \u2013 Retrospective, with the video (Re)actions<\/em>, Rennes, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corps \u00e9clips\u00e9, espace nocif<\/em>, Carte Blanche Iran, L\u2019\u0152il d\u2019Oodaaq Festival, Rennes, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong>
Corps confin\u00e9, \u00e2me lib\u00e9r\u00e9e<\/em>, Casablanca International Video Art Festival (FIAV), Casablanca, Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensitivity in the Face of Violence: Iranian Women Artists<\/em>, NewMediaFest 2020, in collaboration with Wilfried Agricola De Cologne, Institut f\u00fcr Alles M\u00f6gliche, Berlin and Cologne, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong>
Bogot\u00e1 Experimental Film Festival, Official Selection 2019, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effondrements \/ Soul\u00e8vements<\/em>, group exhibition, Les Instants Vid\u00e9o Num\u00e9riques et Po\u00e9tiques, curated by Marc Mercier, Marseille, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong>
Corps encore<\/em>, group exhibition, curated by Gabriel Soucheyre (VideoFormes), Le Non-Lieu, Roubaix, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transhumanism<\/em>, Casablanca International Video Art Festival (FIAV), Casablanca, Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018<\/strong>
31st Les Instants Vid\u00e9o Festival<\/strong>, video and digital installation exhibition, curated by Marc Mercier, La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

London Feminist Film Festival, Nazanin<\/em>, short film, London, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casablanca International Video Art Festival (FIAV), with the video Women Must Be Beautiful<\/em>, Casablanca, Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabinet de Curiosit\u00e9s<\/em>, group exhibition with the video Water, Earth, Air<\/em>, VideoFormes, Clermont-Ferrand, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong>
I Am a Tree<\/em>, performance, co-organized by Katia L\u00e9geret and \u00c9lisabeth Gracy, RMN\u2013Grand Palais, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quand vient l\u2019\u00e9tranger<\/em>, Les Instants Vid\u00e9o Num\u00e9riques et Po\u00e9tiques, curated by Marc Mercier, Le Gyptis Cinema, Marseille, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything Is Fine in the Middle East<\/em>, group exhibition organized by Les Instants Vid\u00e9o Num\u00e9riques et Po\u00e9tiques, FRAC, Marseille, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong>
Poetic State of Emergency<\/em>, Les Instants Vid\u00e9o Num\u00e9riques et Po\u00e9tiques Festival, curated by Marc Mercier, Marseille, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019\u0152il d\u2019Oodaaq International Video Art Festival \u2013 Images Nomades et Po\u00e9tiques<\/em>, Nantes, Rennes and Saint-Malo, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22nd Casablanca International Video Art Festival (FIAV)<\/strong>, Casablanca, Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atypiquement trouble<\/em>, Traverse International Video Art Festival, Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refugee<\/em>, ArtvideoKOELN International Video Art Festival, curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, Shillong, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015<\/strong>
28th Les Instants Vid\u00e9o Num\u00e9riques et Po\u00e9tiques Festival<\/strong>, curated by Marc Mercier, Marseille, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transversalit\u00e9<\/em>, exhibition curated by Fran\u00e7ois Jeune, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nietzsche Was a Man<\/em>, video art exhibition of Iranian women artists, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong>
Nietzsche Was a Man<\/em>, video art exhibition of Iranian women artists, Malm\u00f6 Konsthall Art Center<\/strong>, Malm\u00f6, Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c9lodie Loustau, Variabilit\u00e9s en \u00e9chos<\/em>, Traverse Vid\u00e9o Festival Catalogue, Toulouse, 2023, p. 194.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simone Dompeyre, Variabilit\u00e9s en \u00e9chos<\/em>, Traverse Vid\u00e9o Festival Catalogue, Toulouse, 2023, pp. 194 and 213.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simone Dompeyre, Capacit\u00e9 (presque) illimit\u00e9e<\/em>, Traverse Vid\u00e9o Festival Catalogue, Toulouse, 2022, p. 209.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jean-Luc Cougy, Effondrements\/Soul\u00e8vements dans les friches de la Belle de Mai<\/em>, Les Instants Vid\u00e9o, Marseille, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mireille Ferreira, \u201cParya Vatankhah, Iranian Artist\u201d, La Revue de T\u00e9h\u00e9ran<\/em>, Paris, France, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nietzsche Was a Man: 19 Female Video Artists<\/em>, Art Actuel<\/em>, Paris, Spring 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nietzsche Was a Man<\/em>, curated by Alysse Stepanian, exhibition catalogue, Ex-Teresa Arte Actual Museum, Cuauht\u00e9moc, Mexico, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Current Roles and Research Engagements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Paris 8 (2024\u20132025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer, University of Paris 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate member of the AIAC laboratory (Art des images et art contemporain<\/em>), University of Paris 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the research group Arts, Media, Exile<\/em> (AME), affiliated with the Institute for Research on Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (IRCAV), Sorbonne Nouvelle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-recipient of the \u201cArts & Social Sciences\u201d grant from the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l\u2019Homme (2024), for the project : Exile(s), War(s), and Creations: Images of Resistance in the Service of History<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SELECTED CONFERENCES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/strong>
Opening and Organization, \u201cDisplaced Presences: Exile, Uprooting and Memory in Iranian Visual Art and Cinema in Exile\u201d<\/em>, study day organized by Parya Vatankhah and Kateryna Lobodenko, Sorbonne Nouvelle University<\/strong>, October 2, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/strong>
International conference \u201cResearch-Creation and Digital Practices: Methodologies and Reflexivities\u201d<\/em>, May 22\u201323, Catholic University of Lille<\/strong>, directed by David Faltot and Zineb Majdouli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong>
The Body in the Works of Iranian Women Artists in Exile<\/em>, Master\u2013PhD seminar \u201cPerformative Forms and Practices: What Questions Today?\u201d<\/strong>, directed by Georges Vigarello, Pascale Weber and Sylvie Roques, EHESS<\/strong>, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong>
Round table \u201cThe Victories of Iranian Women: How Far Will the Protest Movement in Iran Go?\u201d<\/em>, Haute-Garonne Department, March 8, 2024, Pavillon de la R\u00e9publique, Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong>
Parya Vatankhah, \u201cIranian Women Artists Engaged in Exile,\u201d conference \u201cCreations in the Face of War and Exile,\u201d Maison de la Recherche \u2013 Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round table, \u201cWhy the Women?\u201d, Club 7.5, organized by Isabelle Suret, Paris, France.
Round table, \u201cWoman, Life, Freedom,\u201d Ombres Blanches Bookstore, Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/strong>
Round table, \u201cTaking Over Public Space,\u201d Doctoral Day of the Litt&Art Laboratory, Grenoble, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/strong>
Publication, Celebrity Caf\u00e9 #4<\/em> magazine, under the direction of Jacques Donguy, Sarah Cassenti and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bory. Talk as a writer, Le G\u00e9n\u00e9rateur, Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/strong>
Publication of \u201cCensored Body, Displaced Body,\u201d Celebrity Caf\u00e9 #4<\/em> magazine. Talk as a writer, Satellite Gallery, Paris, France.
Round table, \u201cMy Body for Your Loneliness,\u201d Casablanca International Video Art Festival (FIAV), directed by Majid Seddati, Casablanca, Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Censored women body<\/span><\/mark><\/em><\/a>, director Nathalie Coutelet and Rapha\u00eblle Doyon, PH. D seminary, talk, Paris 8 University, Saint-Denis, France<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2018  <\/strong>  <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political art and the artist body, <\/em>EDESTA, PH. D seminary, talk, Paris 8 University, Saint-Denis, France<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art in the face of geopolitical borders and exile<\/em>, <\/em>Talk, CRAL\/EHESS, Paris<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 <\/strong>   <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist at Venice Biennale, <\/em>Seminary of Eric Bonnet, talk, INHA, Paris<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shirin Neshat or the poetry of absence<\/em>,<\/em> conferences, Padua University, Padua, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 <\/strong>  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theatrical performance at Museum, <\/em>International Seminary, Labex-Arts-H2H.Fr, director Katia L\u00e9geret, talk, Guimet national museum, Paris, France<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016<\/strong>    <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream archives,<\/em> talk, PH. D conference, INHA, Paris, France<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranian contemporary art: a political art?<\/em> Invited as an artist,   conference, Caen, France<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transculturality of gesture<\/em>, PH. D seminar, Paris 8 University, Saint-    Denis, France<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representation of the body in politics art<\/em>, Seminary of Eric Bonnet, INHA, Paris<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laughing and the violence of the History<\/em>, Lecture of M. Liberge, invited artist, Paris 8 University, Saint-Denis, France<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminary of Eric Bonnet, academic research, INHA, Paris<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an art of the meeting<\/em>, Seminary of G. Grammare, talk and art work presentation, Sorbonne I’University<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong>   Act of creation, Transversality,<\/em> seminary of F. Jeune, talk, INHA, Paris,<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parya Vatankhah, Je suis un arbre, performance, Grand Palais, paris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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