Mona Kasra is a media artist, projection designer, and interdisciplinary scholar. She is Associate Professor of Digital Media Design at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...
.
Personal life
An Iranian-American,
Kasra was born and raised in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
. Kasra was involved with the Iranian Women's Right's Movement (Campaign of
One Million Signatures
One Million Signatures for the Repeal of Discriminatory Laws (Persian: ), also known as Change for Equality, is a campaign by women in Iran to collect one million signatures in support of changing discriminatory laws against women in their coun ...
) in 2006.
She holds a PhD in Arts and Technology from the
University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public research university in Richardson, Texas. It is one of the largest public universities in the Dallas area and the northernmost institution of the University of Texas system. It wa ...
, as well as an MFA in Video/Digital art and a BA in Graphic Design.
Awards
* 2023
Helen Hayes Award
The Helen Hayes Awards are theater awards recognizing excellence in professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 1983. The awards are named in tribute of Helen Hayes, who is also known as the "First Lady of American Theatre." They ar ...
Nomination - Outstanding Media/Projections Design, ''The Till Trilogy: Benevolence'' (
Mosaic Theater Company of DC)
Research and professional activities
Kasra's research involves exploring the confluence of media technologies, art, and culture; reflecting on the impact of emerging media on personal, political, and creative expression; and experimenting with affordances of such media for artistic practices of performance and installation.
Kasra's artwork has been exhibited in galleries and film festivals across the US and worldwide, and she has juried, curated, and programmed for many exhibitions, film festivals, and conferences. She regularly presents at national and international conferences and her publications can be found in several journals including ''New Media & Society'', ''The Communication Review'', and ''Media and Communication''.
Kasra served as Conference Chair for
ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH is the international Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques based in New York. It was founded in 1969 by Andy van Dam (its direct predecessor, ACM SICGRAPH was f ...
in 2016, and Art Gallery Chair for ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in 2011. In 2019, she was elected to serve on the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee as director at large.
Collectives
The DWZ
Kasra is an active member of the DWZ (standing for
Dead White Zombies), which is a Dallas-based artist collective of 43 artists that formed in 2011.
Kasra took part in the projects Flesh World, (w)hole, T.N.B., and Karaoke Motel by creating video content.
Collage Ensemble
Kasra joined the
Collage Ensemble in 2005, “a Los Angeles Arts Collective of inter-disciplinary artists collaborating on multi-media artwork related to urban life and inter-ethnic experiences.” Collage Ensemble Inc. lasted from 1984 to 2015.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
New media artists
American multimedia artists
American digital artists
Iranian expatriates in the United States
Artists from Tehran
Academics from Tehran
American theatre people