LEILA SEYEDZADEH
b. 1986Leila Seyedzadeh (b. 1986, Tehran) is an interdisciplinary Iranian artist based in New York. Her work delves into the realm of imaginary landscapes, particularly focusing on natural elements like mountains that emerge from the subconscious. These landscapes function as intricate tapestries woven from fragments of memories that have become disjointed and lost their original significance. Through this process, Seyedzadeh creates scenes of placelessness, where the act of reconstructing these memories simultaneously erodes their meaning, resulting in a landscape that is both familiar and disorienting.
Seyedzadeh earned her MFA in Painting & Printmaking from Yale School of Art in 2019, following a BFA in Painting from Tehran’s University of Science and Culture in 2014. She was awarded the H. Lee Hirsche Prize in 2019 and the Soma Summer Scholarship at Yale School of Art in 2018. Her work has been featured in Canvas, ArteEast, Tique, No NIIN, Art Apart of cult(ure), Art Spiel, and the Museum of Non-visible Art. Currently, Seyedzadeh is an artist in residence at the That Studio program and is preparing for a solo exhibition in 2025 at the Visual Art Center, NJ. Her previous solo exhibitions have been held at the Peter Gaugy Gallery in Austria and the Dastan Gallery in Iran. She has also participated in select group exhibitions, including the Immigrant Artist Biennial, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Brief Histories, Ford Foundation, Spring Break Art Fair, and Dubai Art Fair.
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