Afra Safa

Afra Safa

WriterPorto, Portugal
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Afra Safa

Afra Safa

WriterPorto, Portugal
About me
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, I am an artist, author and translator now based in Porto, Portugal. As a cultural author my work is centered on the developments of societies through the analysis of artistic and cultural creations. I write for STIR design journal and I am also an editorial member at Duchamp’s Socks. English to Farsi translation has been the field of my study and publications has always been the center of my work and I have collaborated with entities such as Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and Zamineh Online Art Platform. With Nazar Art Publication in Iran I have published 4 translated books about curating. Trained in curatorial studies, I have co-curated an exhibition at A Plus A gallery in Venice and have been assistant curator at gallery10.Tehran for years.
Work history
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    Cultural WriterSTIRworld.com
    New Delhi, IndiaFreelance
    STIRworld is a renowned design journal. To this days I have written more than 15 articles about Architecture, graphic design and carpet design in this magazine.
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    Editorial member and translatorZamineh.net
    Tehran, IranFreelance
    Zamineh is a cutting edge online journal focused on the translation of important art texts to Farsi/Persian.
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Skills
  • Content Translation
  • Multilingual Translation
  • Literature Translation
  • Curating
  • Curation
  • Painting
  • Illustration
  • Art
  • Writing
  • Art Writing
Education
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    Curatorial Studies IN Contemporary ARTSchool for Curatorial Studies Venice
     - Venice, Italy
    An intensive practical course on Curating in the city of Venice.
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    History of ArtArya Cultural Institution
     - Tehran, Iran
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