Mozhdeh Zandieh Grayson - Multidisciplinary Visual Artist
Mozhdeh Zandieh Grayson is an interdisciplinary visual artist who works across multiple disciplines. Her works include installations, sculptures, mixed-media drawings, and digital art, all of which challenge viewers with thought-provoking dichotomies of the space between the edges. Mozhdeh's art explores the fragility and sensitivity of human perception, while simultaneously blending opposing elements to create a unique sense of familiarity and unfamiliarity, inside and outside.
Mozhdeh was born into an Iranian family in Tehran in the chaos and the terror of war. As a child, her first sense of art was a refuge, a bridge, a door from fear to the peace of imagination. That early discovery and experience of contradiction profoundly reflect on her and her art form.
She started her career as a designer and digital artist working as a creative director for years, however, her focus on discovering unconventional artistic mediums never rested. In 2014, her mixed-media photographs were exhibited and sold at the Biennale in Paris since her works have been featured in various art events, publications and exhibitions in Dubai, Paris and the UK. In 2019 and 2020, her scale-up digital installations take place in the Dubai Financial Center and DIFC Art Nights.
Education
2017 - 2020
MFA, Fine Arts, with distinction, UCA- University for Creative Arts, UK, three years
1997- 2001
BA, Graphic Design, with distinction, Soore University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
1997
Diploma, Art & Architecture with distinction, Zeynabiye Art School, Tehran, Iran
Awards, Contests & Features
2022
The Artist Of The Month Finalist - Circle Foundation For The Arts — Lyon, France
2022
Certificate of Artistic Achievement - Luxembourg Art Prize — Luxembourg
2020
Recognised Artist - Luxembourg Art Prize — Luxembourg
2020
Finalist Artist - Rove Art Prize — Dubai, UAE
2020
Featured Artist - Publication in the Low Update Magazine — Dubai, UAE
2020
Artist Award - digital installation - DIFC Art Nights — Dubai, UAE
2019
Certificate of Excellence - ART EXPO New York Contest
2018
Designated Artist - DIFC Public Digital Art Installation — Dubai, UAE
2018
Finalist Artist of the Year Award - CFA — Lyon, France
2018
The Artist Of The Week - Emerging Scene —Dubai, UAE
2016
Shortlisted Artist - 4th International Artist Awards —Dubai, UAE
2015
Member Of The Artists' Committee - Art "ARTPROTAGONIST" — Italy
2014
2001
Featured Artist - Next Step Biennale —Paris, France
Winer - The Creative Design Contest —Tehran, Iran
Exhibitions
Solos
2023
Every You. Every Me.- Site-specific Installation - Courtyard —Dubai, UAE
2023
The Darker, The Brighter - Space Installation - Total Arts Gallery —Dubai, UAE
2021
Hands, Hearts, Skins, Eyes -Total Arts Gallery —Dubai, UAE
2015
Anew, World Art Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Groups
2021
Made in Tashkeel, The 11th edition - Tashkeel Gallery — Dubai, UAE
2021
Emerging Scene, World Art Dubai — Dubai, UAE
2020
We, Digital Installation - DIFC Art Nights — Dubai, UAE
2020
No-Show, UCA Virtual, UK
2019
Quoz Arts Fest, The Courtyard— Dubai, UAE
2019
Fractures, Art Nights— Dubai, UAE
2018
International Emerging Artists Award, DIFC Gate Avenue— Dubai, UAE
2015
Windows II, Art Plus Gallery —Dubai, UAE
2014
Next Step Biennale —Paris, France
2014
Windows I, Art Plus Gallery —Dubai, UAE
Publications
2022
Awarded Artist Interview, by Circle Foundation For The Arts, France
2021
Tashkeel Archive, Made in Tashkeel - The 11th edition, Dubai, UAE
2021
Show book, World Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2020
Gallery publication, NO-SHOW, UK
2020
Law Update Magazine, GCC
2016
The Best of 2016, international Emerging Artist Awards, Dubai, UAE
2015
Art Fair Archive, World Art Dubai
2014
Biennale Book, Next Step, Paris, France
2014
Exhibition Catalog, 2014, Window I, Dubai, UAE
2014
Exhibition Catalog, 2014, Art Plus, Dubai, UAE
Texts & Researches
2021
Visual Alchemy: Secrets of Existences! - A Photo-Text eBook, Embark on a journey through the poetic interplay of images and imaginations.
2020
Unheard - The Act of Voice in the Poetry of Words — A contemplation in language conveys beyond the literal words and the significance of the unheard.
2019
Essay, Change of Change — A Research Study in the Phenomenology of Change Based on Time and Memory