Azadeh Elmizadeh

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Azadeh Elmizadeh (born 1987) is a visual artist currently based in Toronto. [1]

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Career

Elmizadeh's practice focuses on painting and collage, drawing inspiration from Sufi cosmologies and Persian miniature painting. [2] She received a Bachelor of Fine Art in Visual Communication and Graphic Design from the University of Tehran (2010), a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ontario College of Art and Design in Drawing and Painting (2016), and a Master of Fine Art from the University of Guelph (2020). [1] Elmizadeh has exhibited in solo and two-person exhibitions at the Tube Culture Hall in Milan, Italy (2023), [3] the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge, Canada (2022), [3] [4] and the Franz Kaka in Toronto, Canada (2022). [3] [5] Notable group shows include Now I am a lake at Public Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2022), [6] Crossings: Itineraries of Encounter at The Blackwood in Mississauga, Canada (2022), [7] and Holding a line in your hand at Kamloops Art Gallery in Kamloops, Canada (2021). [8] She was also awarded the Joseph Plaskett Award for Painting in 2020. [9] [10] [11]  

Selected exhibitions

Solo and two-person exhibitions

Group exhibitions

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