Ayda Pakzad Afshar



CV



Education 2024 — MA Digital Media Management (Distinction), Birkbeck, University of London

2006 — BA Dramatic Literature, Soore University, Tehran


Residencies2026 — Cove Park Autumn Micro Residency, Scotland (October)

2026 — Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency, Arbroath, Scotland (August)


Selected Exhibitions & Performances 2027 — After She Leaves, collaborative visual and performative reading with Hoda Arbabi, STPLN, Malmö, Sweden (upcoming, February).

2026 —The Body Refuses to Remain, installation and performance with Yasamin Rashidi, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh (upcoming, December)

2024 — Can the Future Be Saved?, international digital group exhibition, Creativitism — Curator & Participating Artist

2023 — Self-Ending, solo exhibition, Shamis Gallery, Tehran

2023 — The Art of Improvisation, live performance, Blue House, Gilan

2020 — SAAYESHGĀH (The Abrasion Clinic), Hamin Creative House, Shiraz — Co-curator & Artist

2020 — Artworkless Effect, Hamin Creative House, Shiraz — Co-curator & Artist


Selected Projects 2024–present — The Coveration of Eve, An ongoing artistic investigation into the female body, representation, visibility and cultural narratives.

2026 –present  — Borders, A collaborative, cross-disciplinary artistic research project exploring borders through the exchange and transformation of creative practices.

2026–present — Refusal to Remain Visible, An image-based and spatial investigation into absence, disappearance and the traces left behind.

2026–present — Pattern Logic, A mixed-media collage series exploring repetition, belonging and the visual codes of cultural identity.

2016–present — MY-THOLOGY, An ongoing artistic exploration of personal mythology, memory and the construction of identity.


Publications

2026 — First Research Edition: Refusal to Remain Visible, Creativitism

2026 — Can the Future Be Saved? Exhibition Catalogue, Creativitism

2017–2020 — Three translated volumes and one children's book, Hoopa Publication


Selected Talks & Presentations 2026 — Refusal to Remain Visible, artist research presentation, Hospitalfield

2023 — Does the Unconscious Appear in Works of Art?, public roundtable, Shamis Gallery



Initiatives & Training 2024–present — Founder, Creativitism

2025–present — Founder, ARThinkso

Long-term artistic mentorship under Hannibal Alkhas, Tehran
Scottish Borders, UK
© 2026 Ayda Pakzad Afshar