Melanie Khorshidian
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Melanie Khorshidian

WriterLondon, United Kingdom
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Melanie Khorshidian
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Melanie Khorshidian

WriterLondon, United Kingdom
Work history
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    Ambassador & Teaching AssistantCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
    London, United KingdomPart Time
    I have been assisting the Insights tutors with various workshops. The team work with young people at secondary school and sixth form level who are considering art school. We offer introductory workshops for which I have helped in both curatorial and fashion subjects. This positions has contributed to my ability to work with people of varied ages and educational levels. I am also proficient in observing safeguarding protocols and am very mindful of minority identities and how they might experience institutional spaces.
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    Front of House and Events: Operations Assistant, ReceptionCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
    London, United Kingdom
    Front of House and events at Central Saint Martins 1 Granary Square. I began working with the events team invigilating a variety of exhibitions and meeting and greeting on the front desk. I am currently working as an operations assistant on the front desk and duty manager at the Lethaby Gallery.
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Skills
  • Curation
  • Research
  • Feature Writer
  • Artist Interviews
  • Teaching
  • Creative Direction
  • Ideation
  • Magazine Editing
  • Hosting
  • Presenting
Education
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    BA(Hons) Culture, Criticism and CurationCentral Saint Martin School Of Art and Design
     - London, United Kingdom
    My dissertation thesis was a semiotic analysis of disability representation in cinema. I co-curated and co-creative directed our degree show Colour Outside the Lines. This project explored how aesthetic ideals are mediated between bodies and buildings in public spaces. I project managed this live event. My final year research project reimagined the city of London as a cultural text. This project employed poetry, dreamscapes and speculative fiction to embed my personal histories into the syntax of the city. Activities, societies and extra curricular: Student Representative Student Ambassador Helped form the Film Society I hosted a reading group session for Madame B exhibition at The Lethaby Gallery in 2019
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    Access DiplomaCity and Islington College, london
     - London, United Kingdom
    Humanities: Sociology, History, Politics and International Relations
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