Masoumeh Mohtadi was born in 1983 in Isfahan, Iran. She received her BFA in Painting and later she graduated with her MFA. Painting was Mohtadi’s main medium until 2014, when she began her research studies in linguistics. While language and words are commonly considered the principal vessels of communication, Mohtadi is aligned with the school of thought that believes language in its core is a great misunderstanding. This has changed and reshaped her artistic path. In line with linguistic theories and by utilizing media such as artist’s books and installation, Mohtadi intends to challenge the absolute nature of language and the five senses. In addition to her three solo exhibitions, Mohtadi’s work has been showcased in more than twenty group exhibitions, including the group exhibition at Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York (2023), the Artist book group exhibition at the Center for book art, New York (2021), the seventh biennial sculpture exhibition at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (2018), the Echo Arts International exhibition at Kunsthalle Budapest Hall of Art (2017), and the second Damoonfar Visual Arts Festival at Niavaran Cultural Center (2009). Mohtadi has received number of honors and awards including the first-place award in the 11th Fajr International Visual Arts festival and the 6th annual Pressbook Contemporary Art exhibition, the second-place award in the first Nafs Visual Art Festival. Masoumeh Mohtadi currently lives and works in Tehran, Iran.
Masoumeh Mohtadi's artworks:
Among the lands (Edit’s collection)
The border, a key factor in distinguishing one country from its neighbor, is constructed using barbed wire mounted on a Y-shaped structure. In political geography, the visibility of borders depends on where we stand.
(In this work, depending on the viewer’s position and the angle from which they view the map, some borders will disappear while others become visible)
