Past Residents
Past Resident2025: Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Behdad Esfahbod
Asal Andarzipour
Asal Andarzipour’s curatorial work is mainly focused on visual arts with roots in her design background. Her practice merges the realms of curated, created and designed objects, and explores themes of displacement and body politics with a comparative approach. She holds a BFA from the University of Tehran, an MFA from Syracuse University and an MA from the University of Alberta. Andarzipour’s artistic career and activism as a dual-citizen woman in the diaspora are integrated into her daily life.
Asal Andarzipour has curated exhibitions at Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Canada; Bleeding Heart Art Space, Canada; and Zen Center of Syracuse, New York, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2025
April 25–April 26, 2025
Asal Andarzipour, Mona Sahi: What if I Knew?, 2023, installation view. Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Canada.
Asal Andarzipour, For the Me I Used to Be, 2025, window display. Skirts'AFire Festival, Canada.
Asal Andarzipour, Silent and Present, 2023, installation view. Bleeding Heart Art Space, Canada.
Asal Andarzipour, Mona Sahi: What if I Knew?, 2023, installation view. Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Canada.
Asal Andarzipour, Land as Muse: Contemporary Art Concepts, curated by Asal Andarzipour, Darren Kooyman and Jacek Malec. Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Canada.
Residents from Iran
Azita Moradkhani
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
2025
Past Resident2025: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Adriane de Souza
Adriane de Souza creates photographic narratives that intertwine documentary and personal histories. Her work delves into themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities of representation and visibility. With a background in Social Sciences from UFRJ and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Design Studies from VCUarts Qatar, she embraces a multidisciplinary approach. Recently, she has broadened her focus to include alternative photography printing and curation, exploring materiality and innovative storytelling techniques while further deepening her creative practice.
Adriane de Souza has exhibited work at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Qatar; LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore; and Doha Film Institue, Qatar, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2025
April 25–April 26, 2025
Adriane de Souza, I am not my father, 2019, archival paper print, 291/2 × 1911/16 in. (75.01 × 50.01 cm).
Adriane de Souza, Thank you, 2023, fabric, cyanotype print, sound recording and wood, 1181/8 × 393/8 in. (300 × 100 cm).
Adriane de Souza, The Process, 2020, archival paper print, 291/2 × 1911/16 in. (75.01 × 50.01 cm).
Adriane de Souza, Tchu Acha Acha: The Transformative Role of Funk, 2024, cement Blocks, paper, speakers and sound, 1181/8 × 783/4 in. (300 × 200 cm).
Adriane de Souza, Qawiya, 2021, archival paper print, 291/2 × 1911/16 in. (75.01 × 50.01 cm).
Residents from Qatar
Past Resident2025: Vision Fund
Akeema-Zane
Akeema-Zane (she/her) is an artist and researcher working in the mediums of literature, film, performance and sound. a²z is the arm which houses some of the artists’ music/sound practice which includes deejaying, composition and scoring/sound design.
Akeema-Zane has exhibited work at Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia; Recess Art, New York; and Weeksville Heritage Center, New York, among others.
Akeema-Zane, Our Mourning Due, 2022-23, moving Image, 9:25 min.
Akeema-Zane, Void Spa, 2023, installation.
Akeema-Zane, 9 Entities, 2022, video, 19:39 min.
Akeema-Zane, Sonic Escape Routes: Shall We Fly? or Shall We Resist?, 2020, video, 49:39 min.
