About me

I am a freelance curator/artist based in London, UK. MA and BA Fine Art graduate from University of the Arts London, College of Central Saint Martins. I'm Originally from Iran, Tehran.

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• How are artists managing to make money during this time? I am finding it very difficult to find remote jobs that are paid reasonably!

Projects

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  Lantern RollsThis series of video works, Lantern Rolls were made during Covid-19 lockdown. Hearing everyday during this time about the highly demand of toilet papers which was becoming the reality, I used the cardboard tube inside toilet rolls to create a series of rotating dream-machine-like lanterns that visually tap into the conceptual realm of dreams and nightmares. #lanternrolls #toiletroll #covid-19 #london #lockdown To see the videos please check out my Instagram account @roshi1964 Many thanks to Fe
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  Life DrawingThese are a series of life drawings I have done over the years.
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  Sketchup Exhibition Design/CurationThese are the floor/wall plans for the shows I was involved with their curation
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  Watercolour Illustration//DrawingsThese series of the drawing were made during Covid_19 Pandemic in 2020. These are time-lapse videos that are available on my Instagram roshi1964 if anyone is interested to check them out :)
• Of Possible ConfigurationsA group exhibition at A-Side/B-Side Gallery in Hackney Central 2nd - 14th August 2018 The exhibition featured the works of: Alisha Mir – Leila Hesabi – Patricia Mulligan, and Mustafa Boga
• Missing Element"This project was funded by Agora Arts Circle, a young organisation aiming to support emerging artists and to bring the arts to different audiences. The project leader and curator is Roshanak Khakban. This nomadic pop-up exhibition was part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018. Pop-up screens were installed during WAF2018 in different locations for a few hours each time to interrupt the viewers. We are looking at a selection of short art videos and short films responding to the idea of the Missing Ele

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Projects credited in

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  Portraits - Mustafa BogaSeries of portraits of Fine Artist Mustafa Boga, whose art research and practice deals critically and humorously with issues such as gender, national identity, militarism, masculinity and sexuality. you are welcome to visit Mustafa's website at mustafaboga.com
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  Bella's ShootLookbook for designer Bella Hoelk's fashion design project

Work history

Exhibition RetailThe Store X
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019London, United KingdomFreelance
Exhibition Retail at 180 The Strand for the duration of their 2 main shows; Other Spaces; United Visual Artists // Transformer: A Rebirth of Wonder). Selling books/Catalogues/ other merchandise from the 2 shows and previous shows at the Strand. Visual Merchandising, updating the stock, customer service.
Assistant Curator/TutorBlake College
Jul 2019 - Jul 2019London, United KingdomFreelance
Blake College is the college where I did my Foundation (Art & Design), 2010/11 which has moved address 3 times, yet I occasionally get called to help out as a guest tutor during tutorials to help the students out with their research and portfolio. For the specific date mentioned above, I was assisting with the curation and install of final year HND students show at the college.

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Skills

• Visual Arts
• Ceramics
• Sculpture
• Fine Art
• Photoshop
• Word
• Premier Pro
• Video Art
• Contemporary art
• Video Installation
• Video Editing Intermediate/advanced
• Exhibition Curation
• Sculpture Installation
• Wood Workshop
• Contemporary Craft
• Craft Art
• Excel
• Microsoft Excel
• Art Exhibitions
• Art Exhibition
• Social Media

Education

MA Fine ArtCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
Sep 2014 - May 2016London, United Kingdom
Fine Art
BA Fine ArtCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
Aug 2011 - May 2014London, United Kingdom
Fine Art (Sculpture)

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