Hoda Afshar
Education
2011-2019
PhD candidate- Creative Arts, Curtin University of Technology, WA, Australia
2009
Fine Art Diploma (Photography/Sculpture), Meadowbank TAFE College, Sydney, Australia
2007
Photojournalism Essential, UTS (University of Technology), Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, Sydney, Australia
2006
Bachelor of Fine Art (Photography) with First Class Honours- Azad University of Art and Architecture – Tehran, Iran
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
'Remain', Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
'Remain', UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
‘Remain', Mansions of the Future, Lincoln, UK
'Behold', Perth Centre for Contemporary Photography
2018
‘Behold', Mars Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
'Behold, Horsham Regional Art Gallery in partnership with the Centre of Contemporary Photography, Horsham, Victoria
2017
'Behold', Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
‘In the exodus, I love you more’, Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, Mildura Art Centre, Australia
2016
‘In the exodus, I love you more’, curated with Pippa Milne, Brightspace Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
'Fables of Change', curated by Alasdair Foster, 'Month of Photography in Minsk' an international festival of photography in Belarus
2014
'Under Western Eyes', Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2013
'In-Between Spaces', curated by Alasdair Foster, Krasnodar Institute of Contemporary Art, PhotoVisa International Festival of Photography, Krasnodar, Russia
2012
'In-Between Spaces', Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2011
'In-Between Spaces', Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
2010
‘In-Between Spaces', Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
'f_OCUS', a selection of works by women from the Moreland Art Collection, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
'Interrogating the Borders Between Us' , The Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ
'Between the Sun and the Moon', Lahore Biennale (LB02), Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, Lahore, Pakistan
2019
'CIVILIZATION: THE WAY WE LIVE NOW', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
'REMEDY FOR RAGE', Women in Film and Photography, Objectifs, Singapore
'THE END/FUTURE OF HISTORY, Curated by Phuong Ngo, Presented with HYPHENATED PROJECTS as part of DUE WEST FESTIVAL, The Substation Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
'The Shouting Valley', Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckand, NZ
‘Eros', group exhibition, Foxjenssen Gallery, Sydney
'Beyond Place: Australian Contemporary Photography', Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego CA, USA
‘National Anthem 2019', Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia
'Eyes on Australia', part of ‘Eyes on Main Street’ international photography festival, curated by Lucy Stranger, North Carolina, USA
'In Her Words', Curated by Olivia Poloni, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
A selection of Portraits from 'Remain' on the billboards of The SUBSTATION Gallery, presented by Hyphenated Projects, Melbourne, Australia
'Just not Australian', Artspace, Sydney
2018
'PRIMAVERA 2018: Young Australian Artists', Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Curating ARTBAR November, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, HOTA, Gold Coast, Australia
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
'All We Can’t See: Illustrating the Nauru Files', Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
‘The Inner Apartment', Nishi Gallery, Canberra, Australia
LEGACY+… collecting contemporary Hoda Afshar | Pat Brassington | David Rosetzky, curated by Anouska Phizacklea, Monash Gallery of Art (MGA), Melbourne
'Khalas', Curated by Phillip George & Nur Shkembi, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, Australia
The Art of Collecting, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
'Waqt al tagheer: Time of Change', curated by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah & Nur Shkembi, ACE Open, Adelaide, Australia
2017
'Photography & Place' slideshow, curated by Wawi Navarroza, Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
A Whole Different Animal, curated by Ros Winkler, Brightspace Gallery, Melbourne
'The Witching Hour', Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
2016
'Instagram's #MyStoryAus exhibition, the voices of fifteen female storytellers in Australia, Melbourne
Obscura Festival, ‘Belonging’, group exhibition of Australian photography, curated by Daniel Boetker-Smith, Penang, Malaysia
Gaffa Photo Festival, ‘Victory’, curated by Christine McFetridge, Sydney, Australia
Australian Photobook of the Year Awards, Photobook Melbourne, Boyd School Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2015
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Open Finalist,Gold Coast Art Centre, Queensland, Australia
Notional Photographic Portrait Prize, Canberra, Australia
2014
‘Double Vision’, curated by Konrad Winkler, Brightspace Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2013
Group exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, open finalist, Gold Coast Art Centre, Queensland, Australia
’Mirror Mirror', curated by Linsey Gosper, Colour Factory Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2012
'Sub One Thousand', Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Group exhibition, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, finalist, Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
'Alight', Melody Smith Gallery, Perth, Australia
2011
'Images of Rapid Change', Tink Tank, Curtin University (co-curator/ coordinator, participant), WA, Australia
2010
‘Uncover', PCP (Perth Centre For Photography), Perth, Australia
'Staffroom Show', Moores Building, Fremantle, Western Australia
2008
'The Carnival', Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
‘Greetings from Warburton': A group show of international and Aboriginal artists, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Selected Collections
National Gallery of Victoria, UQ Art Museum, Murdoch University Art Collection, Deakin University Art Collection, Monash Gallery of Art and numerous private art collections in Australia and outside including; Singapore, Paris, NYC, Berlin, NZ and Iran.
Selected Awards and Grants
2019
Prix Prictet, The global award in photography and sustainability, Nominee
Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture, Finalist
208: William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Sotheby's Australia People's Choice Award, Winner
2018
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Finalist
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Winner
Shortlisted for Young Artist Award, Melbourne Art Foundation
2017
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Finalist
Foam Paul Huf Award, Nominee
2016
The Pool Grant, Finalist
Australian Photobook of the Year Awards, Finalist
2015
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Finalist
Notional Photographic Portrait Prize, Winner
2013
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Finalist
2012
Moran Contemporary Photographic Prizes, Finalist
2011
Australian Postgraduate Award, Office of Research and Development/ Curtin University of Technology
Artflight grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, WA, Australia
2006
Winner of a prize and acknowledgment from the Third Kaveh Golestan Documentary Photography Award, Tehran, Iran
Winner of ‘World Press Photo’ Educational Training Programme Contest, Tehran, Iran
Writings/Publications
2019: Beyond Human: A Conversation Between Hoda Afshar and Behrouz Boochani, commissioned essay, UN Magazine 13.1: 'We Got 'im'
2019: Guest artist for Overland Magazine, Issue 234
2018: Impossible Return by Hoda Afshar, Waqt al-tagheer: Time of Change, catalogue essay, published by ACE Open, Adelaide, Australia
2017: Visibility and Veiling by Hoda Afshar, Seen and Unseen: The Visual Culture of Imperialism, edited book by Sanaz Fotouhi and Esmail Zeini, published by Brill, Netherlands
2017: Reading the Arrival of Demons by Hoda Afshar, dɪˈvan | A Journal of Accounts, Issue #2, published by DIVAN JOURNAL and UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, Australia: https://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/about-us/divan-journal
2016: In the Exodus, I love you more: A conversation between Nikos Papastergiadis and Hoda Afshar, Exhibition Catalogue
2016: Max Pinckers – the world as stage of appearances by Hoda Afshar, Der Greif Artist Blog- Organization for Contemporary Photography, Augsburg, Germany: https://dergreif-online.de/artist-blog/max-pinckers-the-world-as-stage-of-appearances/
2016: Broken Reflections / images of Iranian martyrs by Hoda Afshar, Der Greif Artist Blog- Organization for Contemporary Photography, Augsburg, Germany: https://dergreif-online.de/artist-blog/broken-reflections-images-of-iranian-martyrs/
2016: “Close-up”. Abbas Kiarostami by Hoda Afshar, Der Greif Artist Blog- Organization for Contemporary Photography, Augsburg, Germany: https://dergreif-online.de/artist-blog/close-up-abbas-kiarostami/
2016: The Image as Evidence by Hoda Afshar, Der Greif Artist Blog- Organization for Contemporary Photography, Augsburg, Germany: https://dergreif-online.de/artist-blog/the-image-as-evidence/
2016: In the exodus, I love you more, Adventure Handbook online magazine, Australia http://theadventurehandbook.com/in-the-exodus-i-love-you-more/
Reviews/ Interviews/ Features
2019: Remain featured on Firecracker: https://www.fire-cracker.org/2019/08/hoda-afshar/
2019: Bronwyn Watson, review of 'Remain' at UQ Art Museum Subverting the idyllic with tales of desperation, The Australian;
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Farts%2Freview%2Fsubverting-the-idyllic-with-tales-of-desperation%2Fnews-story%2F0c30136271c62e13a40bc7a331c6fb3b&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21suffix=49-a
2019: Colin Pantall, Hoda Afshar, the individual, and their story, World Press Photo;
https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/hoda-afshar-and-how-to-see-people-as-individuals-d50146ec92b3?fbclid=IwAR20n0LA2SqZxAOQ9Gvp5_2MyBzQvd2D7LtC5MKhUgw85tGuJkSYgZi4XGM
2019: PHMuseum, Featured as one of the 12 Women Photographers to Watch in 2019; https://phmuseum.com/news/12-women-photographers-to-watch-in-2019
2019: Karen Green, 'Pictures of A Thousand Silences', Curtin University; https://news.curtin.edu.au/stories/pictures-of-a-thousand-silences/
2019: In conversation with Omar Sakr, Liminal Magazine #86; https://www.liminalmag.com/interviews/hoda-afshar
2019: 'Untold Stories', an essay by Tai Mitsuki on 'Remain', featured in Vault Magazine, Issue 25
2018: Essay by Andy Butler on 'Remain' featured in Artguide Australia, Issue 117
2018: Interview/feature on AJ+, news and current events channel by Al Jazeera
2018: Essay by Naomi Cass on 'Remain', Primavera 2018 catalogue
2018: Primavera 2018 reviewed in Art Almanac by Eleanor Zeichner: https://www.art-almanac.com.au/primavera/
2018: Primavera 2018 reviewed by Andy Butler in The Monthly: https://www.themonthly.com.au/blog/andy-butler/2018/20/2018/1545269407/primavera-2018-young-australian-artists-mca
2018: Interview/Article on The Guardian, From Manus Island to Sanctions on Iran: the art and opinions of Hoda Afshar; https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/nov/13/from-manus-island-to-sanctions-on-iran-the-art-and-opinions-of-hoda-afshar?CMP=soc_568&fbclid=IwAR18rmsPixyxsn79DN0ze5s7TVytBiZmlpAgH0_yDDBEzKtPEcIr6VIi868
2018: Artist Profile, The Saturday Paper, Hoda Afshar's Lens on Manus; https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2018/11/10/hoda-afshars-lens-manus/15417684007107?fbclid=IwAR3AEkbvSwSFcgPUaonyclHhDpwpm-BFmMIGKFS_K47QyHWuXwtG364WM0I
2018: Featured on 'Cordite', a Journal of Literature, Art & Poetry: http://cordite.org.au/artworks/hoda-afshar/
2018: Interview on 3RRR Radio_SmartArts with Richard Watts
2018: Interview on ABC Radio National_The Hub on Art with Eddie Ayres, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-hub-on-art/enough-khalas/9788564
2018: Interview & Feature, ABC News, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-04/australian-cricket-ball-tampering-scandal-inspires-artwork/9724970
2018: "Khalas' exhibition at UNSW Galleries, interview, SBS World News, https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australian-muslim-artists-say-enough
2018: 'Behold' series featured in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/mar/28/the-hidden-lives-of-gay-men-in-the-middle-east-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Gmail
2018: Waqt al-tagheer: Time of Change reviewed by Cher Tan on Conversations-Runway: http://conversations.runway.org.au/conversations/time-communal-sovereignty/
2018: Waqt al-tagheer: Time of change by collective 'eleven' featured in Artforum as a Critics Pick, reviewed by Eugenio Viola: https://www.artforum.com/picks/time-change-74753
2018: Waqt al-tagheer reviewed on Adelaide Review, by John Neylon, https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/festivals/adelaide-festival/ace-open-welcomes-patterns-change-waqt-al-tagheer/
2018: Review & feature, The Conversation, by Christine Judith Nicholls, https://theconversation.com/waqt-al-tagheer-time-of-change-explores-the-diversity-of-muslim-australian-identities-91916
2018: Interview & feature, Broadsheet Adelaide, by by Daniela Frangos, https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/art-and-design/article/time-change
2017: Published in Splash & Grab magazine, words by Clare Hewitt, Issue #4, London
2017: Featured in British Journal of Photography, interview/words by Daniel Boetker-Smith, Invisible World, Issue 7863, London
2017: Featured in Fisheye Photobook, Vol.1, Published by Be Contents, France
2017: Feature and Interview, Where About Now, online magazine of art and culture, http://www.whereaboutnow.com/03_inTheExodus.html
2017: Featured on Aint-Bad magazine of photography, USA: https://www.aint-bad.com/article/2017/02/21/hoda-afshar/
2017: Interview by Guille Lasarte, PANTA: magazine of creative culture & activism, Issue 10, Berlin, Germany
2017: Featured on GUP magazine, Netherlands: http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/hoda-afshar/in-the-exodus-i-love-you-more
2016: Featured on THISISPAPER online journal of design and photography, Poland: http://thisispaper.com/hoda-afshar-in-the-exodus-i-love-you-more-2/
2016: Featured on Der Greif- Organization for Contemporary Photography, Augsburg, Germany: https://dergreif-online.de/artist-feature/hoda-afshar/
2016: Featured and reviewed by Marina Trancosoon on Impressa Magazine: photography made by women, Berlin: http://www.impressamag.com/in-the-exodus-i-love-your-more-hoda-afshar/
2016: Interview and feature on Fisheye online journal of photography, France https://www.fisheyemagazine.fr/2016/09/25/dans-la-semaine-de-fisheye-du-19-au-25-septembre/
2016: Featured on iGNANT online journal of art and photography, Berlin http://www.ignant.de/2016/09/05/in-the-exodus-i-love-you-more-by-hoda-afshar/
2016: Featured on Adventure Handbook online magazine, Australia http://theadventurehandbook.com/in-the-exodus-i-love-you-more/
2016: Der Greif Magazine, Issue #9, Germany
2016: Common Ground Journal, Interview by Anita Tota, Issue 5, Home Sweet Home, http://www.commongroundjournal.com/issues/#/issue-five/
2015: Clans, a publication by Fields Magazine, Berlin, Germany
2014: Interview/Review Written by Alison Stieven-Taylor, ‘Hoda Afshar/Under Western Eyes’, L’Oeil de la Photographie Magazine, http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/2014/04/28/exhibition/24760/hoda-afshar-under-western-eyes
2014: Dr. Marcus Bunyan, Review: ‘Hoda Afshar/ Under Western Eyes’ at Edmund Pearce Gallery, Art Blart,
http://artblart.com/2014/04/13/review-hoda-afshar-under-western-eyes-at-edmund-pearce-gallery-melbourne/
2013: Alasdair Foster, "IN SEARCH OF PARADISE", Featured Artist, Cultural Development Consulting, http://culturaldevelopmentconsulting.com/2013/04/30/7992/
2013: Emil Canita interviews Hoda Afshar, Lucida Queensland Centre for Photography's online journal, http://lucidamagazine.com/?p=1785
2012: BETA - Developments in Photography Online Journal, Issue 02, http://beta.org.au/
2012: 'The Carnival', Light Journeys Gallery: exhibiting women photographers of Australia
2012: Maya Rose Chauhan interviews Hoda Afshar, Grok Magazine, Issue #4
2011: Simon Cox, "Notes on the 'Alight' Exhibition", Catalogue essay, Melody Smith Gallery, Perth, Australia, http://melodysmithgallery.com/Portals/2/docs/Alight%20Catalogue%20200412%20(3).pdf
2011: Darren Jorgensen, "Diverse Art of Identity", The West Australian, Saturday 14th April