Artist Name: Nazanin Noroozi
Residency Dates: March 2021 – June 2022 & May 2026
Born: 1985
Hometown: Tehran- Iran
Lives & Works: New York, NY
URL: www.nazaninnoroozi.net
Education: MFA Pratt Institute, MA Tehran Art University
Bio/Statement:
Nazanin Noroozi was the 2021-2022 New York City Artist Safe Haven Residency Program awardee.
Nazanin Noroozi is a multidisciplinary artist working with moving images, printmaking, and alternative photography to explore collective history, longing, and displacement. Her work has been exhibited at The Print Center (PA), SPACES (Cleveland, OH), Athopos (Athens, Greece), Golestani Gallery (Düsseldorf, Germany), the Immigrant Artist Biennial (NY), Baxter St at CCNY (NY), the Noyes Museum of Art (NJ), New York Live Arts, and the School of Visual Arts, among others.
She has received fellowships and awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts (Film & Video), the Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Print/Paper Fellowship at Dieu Donné, Powerhouse Arts, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and MASS MoCA. Her work has been featured in the British Journal of Photography, Die Zeit Magazine, BBC News Persian, Elephant Magazine, and the Financial Times. Noroozi’s works are held in public collections including the New York Public Library, Harvard Art Museums, Arizona State University, and the University of Michigan.
She is Editor-at-Large of Kaarnamaa: A Journal of Art History and Criticism and lives and works in New York City.
Support: Nazanin Noroozi’s residency was made possible with support from the Wilhelm Family Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and thanks to the The New York City Safe Haven Program, a coalition led by ArtistSafety.net, Artistic Freedom Initiative, Residency Unlimited, Artists at Risk Connection and Westbeth Artists Housing.
