Soheila Esfahani is an

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artist and educator currently working in Canada. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the

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and her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. She is an Assistant Professor at Western University. She was the receipt of the Ontario Arts Council Project Grant: Mid career artist Esfahani has also received awards from Canada Council for the Arts, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund. Notably, she was nominated for the Jameel Prize at the

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, UK in 2015.

Artistic career

Esfahani has exhibited numerous shows in Canada and internationally, including: * Been T(here) at Red Head Gallery in Toronto, in 2022, ''Pattern (dis)Placement'', * Redeemer University College Gallery, 2019 in Ancaster, ON, * Interstice, Republic Gallery,

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, BC, 2019 * In-Between, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON. 2016 * Trans-(across, over, beyond), MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Lab, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

Publications

* Pasiechnik, Jenelle M. Embodied Engagements: The Artwork of

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& Soheila Esfahani in Translations, Exhibition catalogue, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC. 2020 * The Living River Project: Art, water and Possible Worlds exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON. 2019 * The Source: Rethinking Water Through Contemporary Art exhibition catalogue, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 2017 * Embracing Place exhibition catalogue, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON. 2017 * The Red Head Gallery at 25 exhibition catalogue, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2017 * Matotek, Jennifer ed. Material Girls. London, UK: Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2015.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esfahani, Soheila Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian women artists Canadian people of Iranian descent University of Western Ontario alumni University of Waterloo alumni 21st-century women educators